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Men in 20s have biggest sleep apnea risk
Men in their 20s are most in need of screening for sleep apnea, a potentially dangerous breathing problem while sleeping, a new study says. Men aged 20 to 29 with severe sleep apnea have 10 times the risk of dying from heart related ailments than their contemporaries who don't have the sleep problem, says the study by the Lloyd Rigler Sleep Apnea Research Laboratory at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Those in their 30s have three times the risk of dying and those in their 40s have twice the risk. Oddly, those aged 50 or older don't have a higher risk of dying than the same age group in the general population. Sleep apnea is characterized by interruptions in breathing during sleep that last 10 seconds or more at least five times per hour. They cause repeated sleep interruptions and decreased oxygen levels in the blood, and have been linked with cardiovascular diseases. The study appears in the March edition of the European Respiratory Journal. © Copyright 2005 by United Press International
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