Abstract:Background: Previous population and clinical studies have confirmed the relationship between stroke and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Our previous study on the epidemiology of sleep-disordered breathing among the inhabitants of Warsaw, conducted on 676 subjects aged 56.6 ± 8.2 years in whom polysomnography was performed and OSA was confirmed in 76 cases (11.3%) with the mean apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) of 25.3 ± 16.1, revealed a low prevalence of stroke in subjects with OSA (2 subjects [2.6%]) and in subjec… Show more
The Ic may be an important region in the development of OSA. Altered activity in the limbic system and its related structures could also be associated with OSA.
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