Sleep disordered breathing and mortality: eighteen-year follow-up of the Wisconsin sleep cohort.

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Authors

Terry Young · University of Wisconsin Health

Laurel Finn

Abstract

Our findings of a significant, high mortality risk with untreated SDB, independent of age, sex, and BMI underscore the need for heightened clinical recognition and treatment of SDB, indicated by frequent episodes of apnea and hypopnea, irrespective of symptoms of sleepiness.

Topics & Keywords

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 31, Issue 8, pp. 1071-8

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