Sleep Apnea Patients Have Higher Rates of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/sleep-apnea-patients-have-higher-rates-of-age-related-macular-degeneration/

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was linked to a more than twofold risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a retrospective cohort study. Among 58,700 matched pairs of patients with OSA and controls, a 5-year analysis found that the OSA group was more likely to develop nonexudative AMD (2.05% vs 0.76%; HR 2.64, 95% CI […]

Author : News Health

Publish date : 2024-12-13 20:33:47

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.