Epilepsia
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Comparative Study
Obstructive sleep apnea in a clinical series of adult epilepsy patients: frequency and features of the comorbidity.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate and features of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adult epilepsy patients. ⋯ Systematic investigation reveals that OSA is frequent in epilepsy patients. The major risk factors for OSA in our epilepsy patients were the same as those typically found in the general population. Of the epilepsy-related factors, older age at onset of seizures appears to be significantly related to comorbidity with OSA (p < 0.05). The presence in epilepsy patients of these features should alert the clinician to the possibility of an underlying OSA.