Association of restless legs syndrome and cardiovascular disease in the Sleep Heart Health Study

JW Winkelman, E Shahar, I Sharief, DJ Gottlieb - Neurology, 2008 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We evaluated the cross-sectional association between restless legs syndrome
(RLS) and prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a large community-based sample of …

A time sequence analysis of the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors, vascular diseases and restless legs syndrome in the general population

A Szentkirályi, H Völzke, W Hoffmann… - Journal of sleep …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Previous cross‐sectional studies regarding the association of restless legs syndrome (RLS)
with cardiovascular morbidity are controversial. Our aim was to evaluate prospectively the …

Prospective study of restless legs syndrome and coronary heart disease among women

Y Li, AS Walters, SE Chiuve, EB Rimm… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Previous cross-sectional studies suggested a positive association between
restless legs syndrome (RLS) and coronary heart disease (CHD). This observation was not …

Restless legs syndrome and cardiovascular disease: a research roadmap

DJ Gottlieb, VK Somers, NM Punjabi, JW Winkelman - Sleep medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we first critically appraise the epidemiologic literature examining the
association of restless legs syndrome (RLS) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and then …

Prospective study of restless legs syndrome and mortality among men

Y Li, W Wang, JW Winkelman, A Malhotra, J Ma… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To prospectively examine whether men with restless legs syndrome (RLS) had an
increased risk of mortality. Method: This was a prospective cohort study of 18,425 US men …

Associations of incident cardiovascular events with restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movements of sleep in older men, for the outcomes of sleep disorders in …

JW Winkelman, T Blackwell, K Stone, S Ancoli-Israel… - Sleep, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Both restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic leg movements
in sleep (PLMS) may be associated with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). However …

Review of the relationship of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep to hypertension, heart disease, and stroke

AS Walters, DB Rye - Sleep, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Evidence is reviewed documenting an intimate relationship among restless legs syndrome
(RLS)/periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) and hypertension and cardiovascular and …

Prevalence and correlates of restless legs syndrome symptoms in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort

JW Winkelman, L Finn, T Young - Sleep medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of
restless legs syndrome (RLS) symptoms in the US adult population and to relate frequency …

Restless legs syndrome and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in women and men: prospective cohort study

AC Winter, M Schürks, RJ Glynn, JE Buring… - BMJ open, 2012 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and incident
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Women's Health …

Vascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and restless legs syndrome in men

AC Winter, K Berger, RJ Glynn, JE Buring… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of vascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and
restless legs syndrome increases with age. Prior studies analyzing the associations …