No association between obstructive sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome: results from a large hospital-based cross-sectional study
The present study did not show increased prevalence of RLS in patients with OSA compared to patients without OSA. Furthermore, we found no increase in prevalence of RLS with increasing OSA severity. This suggests that these two sleep disorders are independent of each other.
Authors
- Ingvild West Saxvig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2297-7109)
- Sverre Lehmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-7007)
- Ragnhild Stokke Lundetræ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3602-3701)
- Bjørn Bjorvatn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-745X)
- Erik Vevatne Øverland
- August Waaraas
Institutions
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sleep
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frsle.2025.1632662
- Primary Topic
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00