Snoring itself does not up death risk Thursday, 27 September
2012 "...the good news at the moment seems to be that snoring,
by itself, does not seem to appreciably increase cardiovascular
disease or death rates.” A group of Australian researchers have
achieved a world-first to demonstrate that objectively measured
snoring, without more serious sleep apnea, does not increase
mortality or cardiovascular disease. Previous work from the
group had found that sleep apnea increases mortality risk but
until now it had not been clear whether snoring by itself might
also increase cardiovascular disease. The study conducted by the
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research found that those who
snored most of the night had no greater risk of death over the
next 17 years than people who snored only 12 percent or less of
the night or not at all. The community-based sample of 380
people comprised men and women from the highly influential
Busselton Health Study from Western Australian who underwent
investigation with a home slee