Sleep Apnea More Troublesome In This Ethnic Group

There is one ethnic group for which sleep apnea and insomnia are worse than for others, not because it is more severe, and not only because it is more common in that group …

… but simply because it is a great deal less likely to be diagnosed correctly.

Dr. Dayna Johnson and her colleagues presented the study at this year’s American Thoracic Society meeting in Washington.

They collected and examined the information of 825 African Americans in the Jackson, Mississippi area who participated in a cardiovascular disease study of which a sleep study was one part.

They found that around 75 percent of the participants had sleep apnea from mild (38.4 percent) to moderate (21.3 percent) to severe (15.8 percent).

Notwithstanding these statistics, only 2.1 percent had had their condition diagnosed by a physician.

Those with the highest body mass index and hypertension and the worst diabetes were the most likely to have it and suffer from severe forms of it.

In addition, around 20 percent of the participants had insomnia, of which only 6.7 percent had been officially diagnosed.

Why such a low percentage of African Americans have their sleep apnea and insomnia diagnosed is up for discussion.

But it’s definitely troublesome that these serious conditions are not caught early. Especially since it’s so easy to treat them naturally if you know you have them.

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