The Effects of Age, Sex, Ethnicity, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Sleep Architecture

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Authors

Susan Redline · Case Western Reserve University

H. Lester Kirchner · Case Western Reserve University

Stuart F. Quan · University of Arizona

Daniel J. Gottlieb

Vishesh K. Kapur · University of Washington

Anne B. Newman · University of Pittsburgh

Abstract

Sleep architecture varies with sex, age, ethnicity, and SDB. Individual assessment of the effect of SDB on sleep quality needs to account for other host characteristics. Men, but not women, show evidence of poorer sleep with aging, suggesting important sex differences in sleep physiology.

Topics & Keywords

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Sleep and related disorders Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Internal Medicine

Volume 164, Issue 4, pp. 406-406

DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.4.406

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