Loud snoring is associated to heart disease and strokes.

Loud snoring is associated to heart disease and strokes.: "Recent study published in the March, 2008 issue of the 'Journal Sleep' suggests there is a strong connection between loud snoring with breathing pauses and heart disease and strokes.

The scientists did interviews with 12.643 patients. According to the results, loud snorers had 40 % greater risk of having hypertension, 34 % greater risk of having a heart attack and 67% greater risk of having a stroke, compared with people who do not snore, after statistical adjustment for sex, age, body mass index, diabetes, level of education, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Quiet snoring was associated only with an increased risk for hypertension in women." ... (Click on title link above to read entire article on the relationship between loud snoring and heart disease and strokes.) ...