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Snoring gateway to greater heart risks?

Washington: Snoring may be a gateway to higher risk of heart disease than those who are overweight, smoke or have high cholesterol, according to a new finding.Snoring is tied to increased thickening of the lining

IANS Updated on: January 27, 2013 13:39 IST


But the risk for cardiovascular disease may actually begin with snoring, long before it becomes OSA. Until now, there was little evidence in humans to show a similar connection between snoring and cardiovascular risk.

For the Henry Ford study, Deeb and senior study author Kathleen Yaremchuk, reviewed data for 913 patients who had been evaluated by the institution's sleep centre.

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