Clinical characteristics and mortality risk in relation to obstructive and central sleep apnoea in community-dwelling elderly individuals: a 7-year follow-up | Zendy

Peter Johansson | Zendy; Urban Alehagen | Zendy; Eva Svanborg | Zendy; Ulf Dahlström | Zendy; Anders Broström | Zendy

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Clinical characteristics and mortality risk in relation to obstructive and central sleep apnoea in community-dwelling elderly individuals: a 7-year follow-up

Author(s) -

Peter Johansson,

Urban Alehagen,

Eva Svanborg,

Ulf Dahlström,

Anders Broström

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs019

Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , stroke (engine) , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , mortality rate , sleep study , disease , cause of death , heart failure , polysomnography , apnea , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering

little is known about demographic and clinical characteristics associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) or central sleep apnoea (CSA) in community-dwelling elderly. We also examined these (OSA and CSA) associations to all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality.

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