Sleep Apnea Is An Independent Risk Factor For Mortality, Australian Study Shows

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 23:28 in Health & Medicine

Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality, represented by a fully adjusted hazard ratio of 6.24. Previous studies linking OSA to mortality have involved patients referred to sleep clinics rather than community-based samples; the association between OSA and mortality in the community was unknown.

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