SynthesisNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2020
The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Guidelines for Parkinson's disease management part II: consensus from the movement disorders scientific department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology - non-motor symptoms.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025Guideline
- The global prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in different populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Pooled it
- An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational investigations of obstructive sleep apnea and health outcomes.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Pooled it
- The invisible costs of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Systematic review and cost-of-illness analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Molecular Drivers of Cognitive Decline and Neuroprotection in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Narrative Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Membrane Proteins.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Neurometabolic Response to Apneic Stimuli Tracks Global Grey Matter Volume Deficits in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Emerging neurotechnological approaches to management of sleep disturbances in Parkinson's disease.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2026Review
- Obstructive sleep apnea is linked to inflammatory changes and motor impairment in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Sleep Medicine Resource Utilization in Individuals With Parkinson Disease: A Population Study of Health Administrative Data.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Parkinson's Disease: Bidirectional Clinical and Pathophysiologic Links.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Meta-analysis of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea and associated risk factors among Parkinson's disease.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2025Review
- Bioinformatics-based identification of key candidate genes and signaling pathways in patients with Parkinson's disease and obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia attenuates noradrenergic innervation of hypoglossal motor nucleus.Respiratory physiology & neurobiology · 2024Article
- Neurological Insights into Sleep Disorders in Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Reply to: Hypoxia treatment of Parkinson's disease may disrupt the circadian system.BMC neurology · 2023Article
- Circadian disruption and sleep disorders in neurodegeneration.Translational neurodegeneration · 2023Review
- Validation of STOP, STOP-BANG, STOP-BAG, STOP-B28, and GOAL screening tools for identification of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with Parkinson disease.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Article
- Sleep and affective disorders in relation to Parkinson's disease risk among older women from the Women's Health Initiative.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Observational
- Cellular Immune Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationship between OSA and PD is still inconsistent. Our study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between PD and OSA.
methodsStudies on OSA and PD were searched using PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane library, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure databases. Review Manager 5.3 software was used to calculate the pooled estimate effect. The inverse variance model was used to pool the mean difference (MD) or hazard ratios (HRs); the Mantel-Haenszel method was used to pool the odds ratio (OR). Heterogeneity among the studies was assessed using I
resultsA total of 12 studies with 93,332 cases were deemed eligible and included in our meta-analysis. Overall, the occurrence of PD was more frequent in patients with OSA (HR 1.59, 95% CI, 1.36-1.85). The subgroup analysis demonstrated the risk similarly by sex. Male and female had HR of incident PD with OSA of 1.56 (95% CI, 1.30-1.87) and 1.60 (95% CI, 1.21-2.11), respectively. The incidence of OSA did not increase in PD patients (OR 0.89, 95% CI, 0.53-1.49). The MD of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in PD patients was also not statistically significant (P = 0.5).
conclusionsThe results indicate that OSA is one of independent risk factors of PD. However, OSA does not seem to be abnormally frequent in PD.
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