Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing With Cognitive Function and Risk of Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Growing evidence suggests an association between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognitive decline in elderly persons. However, results from population-based studies have been conflicting, possibly owing to different methods to assess SDB or cognitive domains, making it difficult to draw conclusions on this association.

Objective

To provide a quantitative synthesis of population-based studies on the relationship between SDB and risk of cognitive impairment.

Data sources

PubMed, EMBASE, and PsychINFO were systematically searched to identify peer-reviewed articles published in English before January 2017 that reported on the association between SDB and cognitive function.

Study selection

We included cross-sectional and prospective studies with at

SUBMITTER: Leng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710301 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature