Without Treatment, Sleep Anpea Greatly Increases Death Risk

Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new report released by Australian researchers, sleep anpea increases your risk of death sixfold.

Sleep apnea is known as a nighttime breathing disorder which wakes people up from having a full night of sleep.

In the past, studies have linked sleep apnea to an increased risk of death. This latest study backs up that belief, and is the first to show that the increased risk of death is present in all people in the general public who have sleep apnea.

Researchers were led by Nathaniel Marshall of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, and looked at data from 380 men and women aged 40 to 65-years old.

Out of these people, 3 had a severe case of sleep apnea, while 18 had moderate sleep apnea, and 77 had mild sleep apnea.

The rest of the 285 people involved in the study did not suffer from sleep apnea.

What they found during the 14-years that they followed these people, was that 33% of those with moderate to severe sleep apnea died.

This compared to 6.5% of those with mild sleep apnea, and 7.7% of those without sleep apnea.

The increased risk of death was seen among those with moderate to severe cases of sleep apnea, as their risk of death increased sixfold according to the report.

The study was published in the August 1st edition of Sleep.