Sleep Disordered Breathing and Risk of Stroke in Older Community-Dwelling Men

Conclusions:Older men with severe nocturnal hypoxemia are at significantly increased risk of incident stroke. Measures of overnight oxygen saturation may better identify older men at risk for stroke than measures of apnea frequency.Citation:Stone KL, Blackwell TL, Ancoli-Israel S, Barrett-Connor E, Bauer DC, Cauley JA, Ensrud KE, Hoffman AR, Mehra R, Stefanick ML, Varosy PD, Yaffe K, Redline S; Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study Research Group. Sleep disordered breathing and risk of stroke in older community-dwelling men. SLEEP 2016;39(3):531–540.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research