From WashUCOM St. Louis, more than half the study participants with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) developed dementia.
It is uncertain as to the pathological mechanism which may be involved :repeated drops in oxygen? the paucity of deep (reparative) sleep? or some other mechanism.
JAMA 2011;306(6):613-619
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