A new study of 1,700 older adults showed that people with sleep-breathing disorders (such as sleep apnea) scored worse on tests of memory and attention than those that did not. What’s more, this association was even more pronounced in the 20% of people with a genetic trait that raises risk of Alzheimer’s.

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一項針對1,700名老年人進行的近期研究發現,患有睡眠呼吸障礙(如睡眠窒息症)的長者普遍在記憶力和注意力測試中表現比無此症狀的差,而在兩成帶有阿玆海默症遺傳特徵的受訪者中,腦功能受打鼾影響的關聯性更爲顯著。

內容詳見於男士健康(Men’s Health)網上雜誌:

http://www.menshealth.com/health/sleep-apnea-and-dementia

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