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Article: Obstructive sleep apnea causes early death in stroke victims
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 19, 2008
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Washington, May 19 -- Researchers at the University Hospital in Umea, Sweden, have found that stroke victims who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea die earlier than stroke victims who do not have sleep apnea or who have central sleep apnea.
For the study, the researchers followed 132 stroke patients over 10 years. Twenty-three of those patients had obstructive sleep apnea; 28 of those patients had central sleep apnea.
Results showed that those with an obstructive apnea-hypopnea index of 15 or greater were 76 percent more likely to die earlier. Those with a lower apena-hypopnea index of 10 were also at greater risk of ...