Restless Legs Syndrome May Increase Death Rate For Men

Restless Legs Syndrome May Increase Death Rate For Men

The results of a recent study show that restless legs syndrome may be a reason that causes men to die sooner.

The study showed that once accounted for their age, men who were diagnosed with restless legs syndrome were 39 percent more likely to die than men who weren't afflicted by the condition said Xiang Gao, from the Women’s Hospital in Boston.

After several statistical changes like the cutting of subjects that suffered from chronic health issues were made to more closely see the link between the syndrome and early death, the results remained the same.

Researchers said that if their results are confirmed by other studies in future, it will be important for the medical process to increase awareness in regards to the syndrome.

Daniel Labovitz from the Montefiore Medical Center in New York said that it is highly unusual for a condition that was previously unidentified to produce a 40 percent risk increase. He added that the finding is yet to be verified in a satisfactory manor saying that because of residual confounding other issues can be responsible for the major death risk increase.

The study used data from 18,425 participants who were tracked from 2002 to 2010.

While the restless legs syndrome study still has to account for a lot of problems like the lack of variation in the study subjects or lack of general information it can shed a light on a previously unknown factor that increases the risk of death in men.

Posted by George Daniels on Friday June 14 2013, 8:33 AM EST. Ref: medpagetoday. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, Health. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0