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Article: Studies from Y. Komada and colleagues provide new data on obstructive sleep apnea.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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According to recent research from Tokyo, Japan, "Previous studies have suggested that patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are at an increased risk of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). This study is the first systematic investigation of MVA risk among Japanese drivers with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)."
"We investigated the rate of MVAs in the preceding 5 years and dozing off at the wheel in Japanese male OSAS drivers (n = 616, mean [S.D.] age: 46.3 [10.1] years old) and age-matched male controls (n = 600), and the characteristics of OSAS patients who experienced multiple MVAs as well as the effectiveness of continuous positive airway ...