08/22/06
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have found that young women with asthma are twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea—a condition that often goes undetected in women—compared with those who do not have asthma.
The Cincinnati team found that about 21% of young adult women with asthma experienced habitual snoring, the primary symptom of obstructive sleep apnea.
These findings, the researchers say, disprove a long-held notion that obstructive sleep apnea predominantly affects males and highlights the importance of identifying specific groups of women who are at high risk for the condition.
This study is reported in the August edition of the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
