Sleep disturbances increase the risk of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue , 2018, Pages 4-16

  Shi, Le ^a,b   Chen, Si Jing ^b   Ma, Meng Ying ^c   Bao, Yan Ping ^a   Han, Ying ^a   Wang, Yu Mei ^d   Shi, Jie ^a   Vitiello, Michael V ^e   Lu, Lin ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^c HANGZHOU SEVENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Insomnia; Risk; Sleep disordered breathing; Sleep disturbance; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 85031020958     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2017.06.010     Document Type: Review

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