Non-apnea sleep disorder and its risk for all kinds of injuries: A 14-year follow-up for a nationwide population-based retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Non-apnea sleep disorder (NASD) increases the risk of motor vehicle accidents. However, systemic review of NASD and its risk for all causes of injury is lacking. The aim of the present study was to provide a detailed demographic data on NASD and all causes of injury in a 14-year follow up.Our study utilized outpatient and inpatient data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database between 2000 and 2013 in Taiwan. We enrolled 989,753 individuals aged ≥20 years who were diagnosed with NASD as outpatients ≥3 times or inpatients ≥1 time. We matched the study cohort with a comparison cohort by age, index date and comorbidities at a ratio of 1:4. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to analyze the association of NASD and the cause of injury.In this 14-year follow up st

SUBMITTER: Lim ZW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7909222 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature