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| Breathing disorders during sleep and cognitive performance in an older community sample: the EVA study | | Author(s) | Marie-José Dealberto, Nicole Pajot, Dominique Courbon |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 44, no 11, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp 1287-1294 |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Sleep behaviour ; Health [elderly] ; Cognitive processes ; Longitudinal surveys ; France. |
| Annotation | Sleep apnoea syndrome is characterised by loud snoring and breathing stoppage during sleep. This study examined the relationship between this syndrome and poor cognitive performance in 1,389 people aged 60-70 years who were participants in the EVA Study, a four-year cohort study in France. Demographic characteristics and data on drug use and tobacco and alcohol consumption were collected using a standardised questionnaire. Participants also completed a previously validated sleep questionnaire about nocturnal sleep characteristics, snoring, breathing stoppage during sleep, and daytime sleepiness. In addition, a number of neuropsychological tests were administered. Findings showed that 49.5% of the subjects reported snoring, and 10.8% reported breathing stoppage during sleep. Both respiratory disorders were associated significantly with male gender and high body mass index. Breathing stoppage during sleep was associated with depressive symptoms in women. Logistic regression models (adjusted) found that both snoring and breathing stoppage were associated with low scores in some of the tests. These relationships were significant only when either snoring or breathing stoppage was associated with daytime sleepiness. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970812217 A |
| Classmark | CTS: CG: CC: DA: 3J: 765 |
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