Sleep medicine
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An association between obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnea (OSAH) and cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia has been described in adults and high-risk populations. ⋯ Unrecognized moderate to severe apnoea/hypopnea syndrome was independently associated with low HDL-c serum levels in the present cross-sectional based elderly population. This could explain the deleterious effect of OSAH syndrome on cardiovascular risk.
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been recognized as a distressing experience to the female partner, but a causal association remains controversial. Furthermore, a growing body of evidence supports a relationship of distress and sleep disruptions with musculoskeletal pain, also prevalent in middle-aged women. To test the hypothesis that sharing a bed with an OSA man may contribute to manifestations of distress and impaired sleep, we conducted a case-control study of 17 OSA wives and 17 wives of healthy sleepers. ⋯ Thus, independently of age and menopausal status of the group, wives of OSA patients exhibited an increase in pain threshold, distress and impaired sleep in comparison to controls.