“…OSA is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. It is a risk factor for cerebrovascular (12,132), cardiovascular (40,65,78,113,141), and metabolic diseases (52,87,109) as well as diabetes (10,73,100,122) and cognitive dysfunction (49,50). In recent years, OSA has been found to be associated with higher rates of cancer and increased cancer mortality (19, 25, 27-29, 90, 92, 105, 168).…”