Prevalence and associated risk factors of periodic limb movement in sleep in two German population-based studies

Sleep

Völzke, Henry^4,5¹  Stefani, Ambra^2²  Teismann, Inga K^3³  Czira, Maria^3⁴  Hackner, Heinz^2⁵  Szentkirályi, András^1⁶  Gläser, Sven^6,7⁷  Stubbe, Beate^6⁸ 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine B, University Hospital Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany^6;Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria^2;German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany^5;Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany^4;Institute for Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany^3;Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany^1;Sleep Centre, University Hospital Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany^8;Vivantes Klinikum Berlin Spandau, Department of Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases, Berlin, Germany^7

关键词: periodic limb movements in sleep;    restless legs syndrome;    polysomnography;    epidemiology;    general population;   

DOI  :  10.1093/sleep/zsy237

学科分类：生理学

来源: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Study ObjectivesPeriodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) are frequent motor phenomena; however, population-based data are scarce. We assessed the prevalence of PLMS and factors associated with PLMS within two German population-based cohorts, the SHIP-TREND and BiDirect.

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