Childhood risk factors for sleep apnea in middle age identified in long-term study

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have been able to track childhood risk factors in developing obstructive sleep apnea later in life, in the first longitudinal study of its kind. The study, published in Respirology, shows some childhood exposures, such as parental smoking and respiratory tract infections as a child are risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged adults. […]
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