C-Reactive Protein Levels and the Risk of Incident Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

In this small preliminary study, OSA patients with an elevated CRP were significantly more likely to suffer a CVD event in the 4 years after PSG. Although these findings need to be confirmed in larger prospective cohorts, CRP may be useful in risk stratifying OSA patients to guide therapy or to identify patients that might be most appropriate for clinical trials of CVD prevention.