Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Related with the Risk of Retinal Vein Occlusion.

Wencui WanZhen WuJia LuWeiwei WanJing GaoHongxia SuWei Zhu

Published in: Nature and science of sleep (2021)

OSA was related with an increased incidence of RVO. Besides, OSA would lead to increased oxidative and inflammatory biomarkers concentrations in the RVO cases. OSA could be used as a harmful prognostic factor of visual activity improvement and ME incidences. These findings highlighted the role of OSA in the development of RVO.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
prognostic factors
sleep apnea
risk factors
optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy