Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 66-70 (January 2013) Carotid artery atherosclerosis and sleep disordered breathing in healthy elderly subjects: The Synapse cohort Emilia Sforza, Christian Boissier, Magali Saint Martin, Severine Feasson, Jean Claude Barthélémy, Frédéric Roche Sleep Medicine Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 66-70 (January 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.08.016 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Histograms showing the percentage of carotid lesion in subjects with and without sleep-disordered breathing. The figure shows the significant increase of atherosclerosis and the lower incidence of stenosis in the two groups. Sleep Medicine 2013 14, 66-70DOI: (10.1016/j.sleep.2012.08.016) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Histograms showing the percentage of subjects with and without sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) stratified according to their severity and presence of CA. Presence of CA was slightly greater in subjects with an AHI>30 compared to snorers and mild-to-moderate SBD cases. Sleep Medicine 2013 14, 66-70DOI: (10.1016/j.sleep.2012.08.016) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Terms and Conditions