Untreated Sleep Apnoea Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

kidneyA study undertaken with more than three million U.S. veterans has revealed that obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) will lead to an increase in the risk of death, suffering a stroke, heart disease, kidney disease and will lead to a decline in kidney function.

According to Miklos Z. Molnar, PhD, from the Health Science Center at the University of Tennessee, untreated OSA is associated with an 86 percent higher risk of mortality whereas treated OSA was associated with a 35% higher risk of mortality. The study had the limitation of being an observational study and hence the researchers could only report associations and not causes of these outcomes.

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http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CHF/51973

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