Sentences with phrase «between obstructive»

In the largest study to date of the relationship between sleep apnea and diabetes, a new study of more than 8,500 Canadian patients has demonstrated a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the development of diabetes, confirming earlier evidence of such a relationship from smaller studies with shorter follow - up periods.

«We found a significant association indicating that there is likely a very strong independent relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and exercise capacity,» said lead author Dr. Jeremy Beitler, assistant clinical professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

«Further studies are needed to clearly distinguish between correlative and causal observations in proposed links between obstructive sleep apnea, aging, and age - related disease,» they write.

Not exact matches

The retrospective cohort study used records from Taiwan's single - payer National Health Insurance program to track treatment of 1,377 people who were diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea between 2000 and 2008.

Untreated severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased aggressiveness of malignant cutaneous melanoma, according to the first multicenter prospective study on the relationship between sleep - disordered breathing (apnea or hypopnea) and cancer.

In the largest and longest U.S. analysis of persistent asthmatics to date, investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) found a link between persistent childhood asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in early adulthood.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSAS) affects between 2 % and 4 % of men and women over the age of 50ref3.

The NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit — a partnership between the University of Leicester and Leicester's Hospitals — focuses on promoting the development of new and effective therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases including severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The prospective study examined the relationship between motor vehicle crashes and two common causes of sleep deficiency — insufficient sleep duration and obstructive sleep apnea.

New research in Respirology shows that suffers of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can reduce their risk of being hospitalized with severe attacks, by maintaining an exercise regime of walking between three to six kilometers a day.

According to Auerbach the causal link between SDB / obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cognitive impairment in the elderly is not entirely clear.

A study comparing children between 7 and 11 years of age who have moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea to children the same age who slept normally, found significant reductions of gray matter — brain cells involved in movement, memory, emotions, speech, perception, decision making and self - control — in several regions of the brains of children with sleep apnea.

August 16, 2016 Study suggests ways to block hypertension in those with sleep apnea Obstructive sleep apnea — a disorder that affects nearly one out of four people between the ages of 30 and 70 — is a common cause of high blood pressure.

GERD has also been found to affect between 58 percent and 62 percent of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Studies on the correlation between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and processed red meats are strongly suggestive.

Competition between charter schools and traditional public schools for students may induce a constructive reaction, an obstructive reaction, or no response.

If you are cooperative and helpful they may exercise that discretion to your benefit, if you are obstructive and difficult they may exercise it to your detriment: this may be the difference between a warning, a ticket and an arrest.

A higher level of diastolic but not systolic BP was reported in children with obstructive sleep apnea compared with primary snorers.21 The Tucson's Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study found that elevations in systolic and diastolic BPs were independently associated with sleep efficiency, respiratory disturbance index (a measure of sleep apnea), and obesity in 230 children 6 to 11 years of age.22 To the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined the association between insufficient sleep and BP in adolescents free of sleep apnea.

Scientists believe that disgust evolved as a defensive mechanism to keep us from being contaminated by external sources.1 Accordingly, the mouth and the vagina, two body parts that lie at the border of the body (and are therefore at a higher risk for contamination), demonstrate greater disgust sensitivity; for example, we are likely to be especially grossed out by having a spider crawling on / around the mouth or vagina compared to, say, the left arm.2 Add to this the finding that some of the strongest triggers for disgust are body odor, saliva, semen, and sweat, all heavily involved when getting «down and dirty,» and you can see how the relation between sex and disgust seems contradictory or even obstructive.

These toxic stress - induced changes in brain structure and function mediate, at least in part, the well - described relationship between adversity and altered life - course trajectories (see Fig 1).4, 6 A hyper - responsive or chronically activated stress response contributes to the inflammation and changes in immune function that are seen in those chronic, noncommunicable diseases often associated with childhood adversity, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cirrhosis, type II diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease.4, 6 Impairments in critical SE, language, and cognitive skills contribute to the fractured social networks often associated with childhood adversity, like school failure, poverty, divorce, homelessness, violence, and limited access to healthcare.4, 19,58 — 60 Finally, behavioral allostasis, or the adoption of potentially maladaptive behaviors to deal or cope with chronic stress, begins to explain the association between childhood adversity and unhealthy lifestyles, like alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse, promiscuity, gambling, and obesity.4, 6,61 Taken together, these 3 general classes of altered developmental outcomes (unhealthy lifestyles, fractured social networks, and changes in immune function) contribute to the development of noncommunicable diseases and encompass many of the morbidities associated epidemiologically with childhood adversity.4, 6

The relationship between depressive symptoms and step count has only been assessed in specific populations with small sample sizes, such as low - socioeconomic status Latino immigrants, 16 elderly Japanese people17 or patients with chronic conditions such as heart failure18 19 or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.20 21 Studies yield contradictory results, with some observing no association between depressive symptoms and daily step count, 19 21 while others report a negative correlation.16 — 18 20 In one cross-sectional sample of healthy older adults, an inverse association between depressive symptoms (using the Goldberg Depression Scale - 15) and accelerometer measured daily step count disappeared after controlling for general health and disability.22 While a systematic review suggests reduced levels of objectively measured PA in patients with depression, 23 it is not known whether this association is present in those at high risk of CVD and taken into account important confounding such as gender and age.

The prevalence of depression in chronic medical conditions is as follows: asthma (27 %), 9 atopic dermatitis (5 %), 10 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (24.6 %), 11 gouty arthritis (20 %), 12 rheumatoid arthritis (15 %), 13 systemic lupus erythematosus (22 %) 12 and stroke (30 %).14 Ismail et al conducted a meta - analysis of 57 studies and showed that the overall pooled prevalence of depression in patients with mild cognitive impairment was 32 %.4 Estimates of the prevalence of depression and depressive symptoms vary substantially between published studies, particularly with respect to specialty, patient age and residence.