Breathing problems during sleep? You're depressed

April 02, 2012 16:36

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Experiencing breathing problems while sleeping? Beware, it may raise your risk of depression, a new study has suggested. And the risk of depression in women with sleep apnea -- in which breathing becomes shallow or pauses briefly during
sleep -- is more than in men with such conditions, according to the study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"Snorting, gasping or stopping breathing while asleep was associated with nearly all depression symptoms, including feeling hopeless and feeling like a failure," study researcher Anne Wheaton, an epidemiologist with the CDC. It was found that women with this condition were 5.2 times as likely to have depression, while men with sleep apnea were 2.4 times as likely to have depression.

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