NEW YORK: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) accelerates cognitive decline — in some cases by almost 10 years — and treating this condition may delay this decline, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that older patients who snored or had episodes of complete airway obstruction during sleep had an earlier age of cognitive decline than patients without these conditions but that progression of cognitive impairment was delayed in those using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat the sleep problem.