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Snoring and the risk of ischemic brain infarction.
Abstract
To determine if a history of snoring is a risk factor for brain infarction, I conducted a case-control study of risk factors for ischemic stroke using 177 consecutive male patients aged 16-60 (mean 49) years with acute brain infarction. For each patient I chose an age-matched (+/- 6 years) male control. Arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, snoring (habitually or often), and heavy drinking (greater than 300 g/wk) were risk factors in the stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis. The odds ratio of snoring for brain infarction was 2.13. By McNemar's test this association increased strongly if a history of sleep apnea, excessive daytime sleepiness, and obesity were all present with snoring (odds ratio 8.00). My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Palomäki, H.
- Venue
- Stroke
- Published
- 1991-08
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1021-1025
- ISSN
- 0039-2499 (ISSN-L)
- 1524-4628
- OpenAlex
- W2137007554
- Cited by
- 269
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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