Sleep characteristics and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
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- 21 July 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Vol. 14 (2), 157-166
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.2269
Abstract
Introduction This study tested the hypotheses that late‐midlife obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and short and long sleep duration are associated with dementia over 15 years of follow‐up. Methods A total of 1667 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study participants underwent in‐home polysomnography (1996–1998) and were followed for dementia. Dementia was defined by (1) hospitalization diagnosis codes (1996–2012) and (2) a comprehensive neurocognitive examination (2011–2013) with adjudication. Results OSA and sleep duration were not associated with risk of incident dementia. When using adjudicated outcomes, severe OSA (≥30 vs. <5 apnea‐hypopnea events/hour) was associated with higher risk of all‐cause dementia (risk ratio [95% confidence interval], 2.35 [1.06–5.18]) and Alzheimer's disease dementia (1.66 [1.03–2.68]); associations were attenuated with cardiovascular risk factor adjustment. Sleeping <7 versus 8 to ≤9 hours was associated with higher risk of all‐cause dementia (2.00 [1.03–3.86]). Discussion When adjudicated outcome definitions were used, late‐midlife OSA and short sleep duration were associated with all‐cause and Alzheimer's disease dementia in later life.Funding Information
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HHSN268201100005C, HHSN268201100006C, HHSN268201100007C, HHSN268201100008C, HHSN268201100009C, HHSN268201100010C, HHSN268201100011C, HHSN268201100012C)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01‐HL70825)
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