Apnea-Hypopnea Event Duration Predicts Mortality in Men and Women in the Sleep Heart Health Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Short respiratory event duration, a marker for low arousal threshold, predicts mortality in men and women. Individuals with shorter respiratory events may be predisposed to increased ventilatory instability and/or have augmented autonomic nervous system responses that increase the likelihood of adverse health outcomes, underscoring the importance of assessing physiological variation in obstructive sleep apnea. PMID: 30336691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Am J Respir Crit Car... - October 19, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Butler MP, Emch JT, Rueschman M, Sands SA, Shea SA, Wellman A, Redline S Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research