Snoring linked to heart disease
March 2, 2008 by Elaine
Filed under Cardiovascular diseases, General Genetics and Health, Lifestyle
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(Courtesy Daniel P Urban DDS)
More than 12,000 people were interviewed in their homes and questioned about snoring.
It is estimated that about 40% of adult males and 24% of adult females are habitual snorers. For several years now, scientists have been aware of a relationship between snoring and cardiovascular disease. However a team of Hungarian scientists interviewed 12,000 patients to assess any correlation.
The research discovered that compared to the rest of the population, loud snorers had a 34% increased risk of having a heart attack, and a 67% greater chance of suffering a stroke.
The researchers say that loud snoring with breathing pauses could be used to help identify people at risk from these diseases.
The data also highlighted the fact that people who snore quietly had no increase in their risk of cardiovascular illness.
Elaine Warburton www.geneticsandhealth.com
Snoring Runs in Families
April 11, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Genetic Diseases and Conditions
A study of one-year-olds has found that children of parents who snore are three times as likely to snore as well. What’s the biggie? Children who suffer from severe snoring tend to have:
- Poor school performance
- Cardiovascular problems
- Daytime behavioral problems, e.g., attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Does this finding warrant this opening salvo from The New York Times?
Title: In the Genes: When the Littlest Family Member Snores, Too
Opening Sentence: Snoring may be genetic.
May I remind everyone that just because a family tends to have a particular trait like snoring doesn’t mean that it’s mainly due to genetics. As the article later goes on to point out, allergies play an important role as well; a positive allergy test almost doubled the risk for snoring. No definitive sleep disorder examination in a sleep laboratory was performed in this study and neither were any candidate genes identified.
Time to review genetics quiz #1: Genetic = Inherited?
