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Article: Mayo Clinic: Retired National Football League Linemen Have High Incidence of Sleep Apnea.(Report)
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- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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Sleep disordered breathing, also known as sleep apnea, is highly prevalent among retired National Football League (NFL) players, and particularly in linemen, according to Mayo Clinic research. This study, involving 167 players, adds to the growing body of research examining the relationship between sleep apnea and heart disease, the investigators say (see also Obesity).
The study will be presented Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. EDT at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session in Orlando (1048-86). The research was conducted in collaboration with the Living Heart Foundation.
The Mayo data showed that 60 percent of linemen, average ...