Sleep apnea-related mortality continuously increased in Black men in US over past 2 decades [Healio]

Healio reports that a study published in Sleep Medicine highlights an uptrend in sleep-related mortality and associated cardiovascular disease outcomes among Black men in the U.S. "Black males are the only demographic group that had a continuous increase in mortality between 1999 and 2019,” Yu-Che Lee, resident physician at UB and colleagues wrote.