Study Links Snoring to Chronic Bronchitis

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The incidence of sleep apnea is an unanswered question in the Korean study, said Dr. Charles Bae, a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. All the information in the study was based on reports by the participants, Bae noted, and there does not seem to have been an attempt by the researchers to determine how many of the patients may have had sleep apnea.

"There is certainly a relationship between sleep apnea and increased inflammation in the body," he said.

The bottom line, Bae said, is that the Korean paper "points out an interesting relationship that needs further research."

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