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Smoking Linked to 1.75x Higher Sleep Apnea Severity in Pomerania Study

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A 2026 population-based polysomnography study involving 1,206 adults found current smokers had 1.75x higher odds of worse obstructive sleep apnea severity than non-smokers or occasional smokers after adjustment for age and body mass index. Former smokers showed almost the same overall signal — 1.76x higher odds than never smokers — but that part of the …

CPAP Mask Leak Reduced PAP Adherence 7.2% per 10 L/min

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A 2026 secondary analysis of the HomePAP trial found that each 10 L/min more unintentional CPAP mask leak was associated with 26.6 fewer PAP minutes per night and 7.2 percentage-point fewer adherent days, but the new Real Leak metric did not significantly outperform ordinary device-reported Average Leak.1 Research Highlights Real Leak tracked poorer adherence: each …