- A study by Boston University School of Medicine found
that men between 40 and 70 years of age who had severe
sleep apnea were 68 percent more likely to develop heart
disease, and 58 percent more likely to develop heart
failure.
- Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
– suggest that there is a 46% increased likelihood of
dying of cardiac causes overnight related to obstructive
sleep apnea than those without the condition.
- Increased risk of stroke doubles in middle-aged and older adults with sleep apnea, according to new results from a study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.
- Patients with sleep apnea were twice as likely to have a
car accident, and three to five times as likely to have a serious accident involving personal injury as indicated
by a
study by UBC Sleep Disorders Program in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Wisconsin Sleep Cohort’s latest study found that people
with moderate to severe OSA were three times more
likely to developed high blood pressure four years after
being diagnosed with the condition.
- The latest study supported by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of
Health found that people with severe sleep apnea were at
a 40 percent increased risk of death compared to those
who did not have the condition.
|
