The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea, cognitive impairment, and

 
   Lead Investigator:    Mansi Patel
   Institution      :    NYU Medical Center
   E-Mail           :    mansip423@gmail.com
   Proposal ID      :    739



   Proposal Description:
   This goal of this study is to determine how obstructive sleep apnea affects       cognitive impairment. It is known that obstructive sleep apnea is a vascular      risk factor for cognitive impairment and we hypothesize that those patients       with obstructive sleep apnea will present with more severe cognitive impairment   than those patients without such sleep disturbances. Since the prevalence of      obstructive sleep apnea also varies by race, more notably in the black            population, we are also interested in determining how cognitive impairment due    to sleep disturbances varies by race.