VIA: Health.Com By: Robert Preidt SOURCE: American Thoracic Society, news release, April 8, 2010 After nine years, 193 participants had a stroke. 85 men and 108 women were affected. In the women, only those that had the most severe cases of sleep apnea were at risk for stoke. In the men researchers found that they […]
sleep apnea more than doubles the risk for stroke in men who are middle age and beyond. U.S. researchers looked at more than 5,400 people, age 40 and older and with no history of stroke, who were participating in the Sleep Heart Health Study. The participants underwent a standard at-home sleep test at the start of the study to determine if they had sleep apnea and, if so, the severity of the condition.
