All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Patients With Narcolepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder potentially affecting mortality, yet evidence on this association remains sparse.

Objective

To examine whether narcolepsy is associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) from 2001 to 2021, with patients followed up until death or December 31, 2022. Patients were aged 6 years or older with 2 or more narcolepsy diagnoses from psychiatrists or neurologists. Controls were selected from the NHIRD as a population-based sample. Controls without narcolepsy were matched in a 1:4 ratio on sex and birth date (±6 months). Sibling controls were siblings without narco

SUBMITTER: Hsu CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12511998 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature