Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Is an Independent Risk Indicator for Cardiovascular Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly | Zendy

JeanPhilippe Empana | Zendy; Yves Dauvilliers | Zendy; JeanFrançois Dartigues | Zendy; Karen Ritchie | Zendy; Jérôme Gariépy | Zendy; Xavier Jouven | Zendy; Christophe Tzourio | Zendy; Philippe Amouyel | Zendy; A Besset | Zendy; Pierre Ducimetière | Zendy

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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Is an Independent Risk Indicator for Cardiovascular Mortality in Community-Dwelling Elderly

Author(s) -

JeanPhilippe Empana,

Yves Dauvilliers,

JeanFrançois Dartigues,

Karen Ritchie,

Jérôme Gariépy,

Xavier Jouven,

Christophe Tzourio,

Philippe Amouyel,

A Besset,

Pierre Ducimetière

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.530824

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , excessive daytime sleepiness , population , body mass index , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , depression (economics) , physical therapy , sleep disorder , confidence interval , psychiatry , insomnia , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics

Excessive daytime sleepiness, one of the most frequent sleep complaints in the elderly, may affect survival, but inconsistent results have been observed in that population so far. We therefore estimated the risk of mortality for excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in community-dwelling elderly participating in the Three City Study.

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