This is according to a Technion study involving 10,981 men conducted by researchers from the Sleep Research Laboratory at the Technion Faculty of Medicine over a period of nine years
The risk of death for men suffering from sleep apnea increases significantly if they suffer from chronic lung disease or are overweight. This is according to a comprehensive study conducted at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion among 10,981 men, published in the leading scientific journal in the field of sleep - Journal Of Sleep Medicine.
"Until now it was known that there is a connection between sleep apnea and the increased probability of mortality," says Professor Peretz Lavi, who headed the study. "However, it was not known whether this relationship depends on being overweight and other patients. In the present study, we examined predictors of death in the largest group of men who suffer from sleep apnea, and we found that in addition to the traditional predictors (such as the history of heart attacks, chronic heart failure and diabetes) - the combination of sleep apnea with obesity or lung diseases significantly increases mortality. Hence, it is very important For the diagnosis and treatment as early as possible of breathing interruptions in obese people or lung patients."
During the study, 331 men died and the researchers compared their data to a similar number of men suffering from sleep apnea who were the same age and were tested at the same time in the sleep laboratories. The research was spread over nine years and Paula Herrer and Lena Lavi participated in it.
