Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea have an increased risk to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression

This is a Korean study published in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. [1]  In a relatively small group of 197 patients with a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), the authors found an increased risk to develop an affective disorder in 9 years of follow up. The adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for patients with OSA…