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Snoring is usually considered an innocent annoyance. It\u2019s sleep apnea, a disease closely related to snoring, that\u2019s considered more dangerous.<\/p>\nSnoring is usually considered an innocent annoyance. It\u2019s sleep apnea, a disease closely related to snoring, that\u2019s considered more dangerous.<\/p>\n
But a new study in the journal Sleep reveals how snoring can be life-threatening on its own.<\/p>\n
Apparently, it causes an array of serious, fatal diseases.<\/p>\n
Researchers from the University of Arizona used three years\u2019 worth of data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2020.<\/p>\n
Participants reported the frequency of their snoring over the past year.<\/p>\n
Based on this information, the researchers divided them into groups of never, rarely (1\u20132 nights per week), occasionally (3\u20134 nights per week), and frequently (five or more nights per week).<\/p>\n
Participants also reported their own number of sedentary minutes per day.<\/p>\n
In addition to straightforward snoring, the participants also reported whether they experienced snorting or gasping during the night, something the researchers regarded as potential untreated sleep apnea.<\/p>\n
They used snoring, snorting\/gasping, daytime tiredness, high blood pressure, body mass index, age, and gender to calculate which of their subjects had the highest likelihood of suffering from sleep apnea.<\/p>\n
Their findings were as follows.<\/p>\n
2. People with suspected sleep apnea spent 16.2 more daily minutes being sedentary than those without suspected sleep apnea.<\/p>\n
3. When the possible influences of sex, age, race, education level, and marital status were excluded, frequent snorers spent 35.9 more minutes inactive per day than their peers.<\/p>\n
4. When these factors were excluded, those with suspected sleep apnea spent 43.9 more minutes being inactive per day than their peers.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
This suggests that snorers and people at high risk of sleep apnea are less active during the day than their peers.<\/p>\n
And we all know that being less active can cause a range of health issues, from cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes to obesity and even sleep apnea itself.<\/p>\n
So, this is yet another urgent reason to address snoring and sleep apnea.<\/p>\n