Study links sleep-disordered breathing to age acceleration

ymedan

Results provide biological evidence of the adverse effects of untreated sleep-disordered breathing

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE

NickOttens

Thank you for sharing, @ymedan.

Let me quote the opening paragraphs here:

Increasing severity of sleep-disordered breathing and sleep disruption are associated with epigenetic age acceleration, according to preliminary results of a new study.

Results show that each standard deviation increase in the apnea-hypopnea index, a measure of sleep-disordered breathing severity, was associated with the equivalent of 215 days of biological age acceleration. Similarly, each standard deviation increase in the arousal index, a measure of sleep disruption, was associated with the equivalent of 321 days of age acceleration.