| Title: | Gender-specific association between obstructive sleep apnea and cognitive impairment among adults |
| Journal: | Sleep Medicine |
| Published: | 11 Jul 2022 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35870305/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.07.004 |
Publication 14081
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore the gender-specific association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cognitive impairment.</p>
METHODS: Participants from UK biobank who have completed at least one of the five baseline cognitive tests (visuospatial memory, prospective memory, fluid intelligence, short numeric memory and reaction time) were included, which were initially divided into two groups based on gender and were further categorized into three subgroups: (1) OSA, (2) self-reported snoring but without OSA, and (3) healthy controls (without OSA or snoring). Multivariable regression analysis was performed to examine the associations among snoring, OSA and performance of each of the five cognitive domains.</p>
RESULTS: A total of 267,889 participants (47% male, mean age: 57 years old) were included in our study. In the multivariable regression analysis, female participants in the OSA group had a higher risk of having poor prospective memory (OR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.02~1.50, p = 0.03). Meanwhile, among female participants, OSA were inversely associated with the performances of fluid intelligence (β: 0.29, 95% CI: 0.46~-0.13, p < 0.001) and short-numeric memory (β: 0.14, 95% CI: 0.35~0.08, p = 0.02). Besides, age-related subgroup analyses showed that these associations were largely reserved in younger (<65 years old) female participants rather than older (≥65 years old) female participants. In contrast, among male participants, no significant association was observed between OSA and impairment of the five cognitive domains.</p>
CONCLUSIONS: OSA was significantly associated with cognitive impairment at certain dimensions in female participants rather than in male participants, indicating that more special attention and timely interventions should be given to younger female OSA patients to prevent further cognitive impairment.</p>
12 Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Memory Disorders
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Polysomnography
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- Snoring
16 Authors
- Ke Qiu
- Minzi Mao
- Yao Hu
- Xiaowei Yi
- Yongbo Zheng
- Zhiye Ying
- Danni Cheng
- Yufang Rao
- Jun Zhang
- Xiaosong Mu
- Chuanming Ren
- Yanhong Xu
- Wei Zhang
- Wei Xu
- Yu Zhao
- Jianjun Ren
1 Application
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| 69718 | Multi-omic analyses of otorhinolaryngology-related disorders |
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