Overweight Prevalence in Persons With Down Syndrome

Abstract: Sleep problems are a prevalent feature of Down syndrome across the lifespan, but there is evidence that these problems increase with age in adulthood. In particular obstructive sleep apnea is highly prevalent in adults with Down syndrome, yet is often undetected and/or untreated. Adults with Down syndrome also experience a high number of nighttime awakenings, altered sleep stages, and disruptions in circadian rhythms, with some changes in sleep consistent with age-related changes in the general population, but other changes appearing to be more severe than what is typically observed with aging in adults without neurodevelopmental conditions. Further, comorbid medical conditions often make the detection of sleep problems in adults with Down syndrome difficult given their overlap in manifestations with sleep problems. There is emerging evidence of a connection between sleep disruptions and Alzheimer's disease, including recent findings of an association between fragmented sleep and a biomarker of brain beta-amyloid, in adults with Down syndrome during the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease. Treatment implications for addressing sleep problems in adults with Down syndrome and directions for advancing research on sleep in aging adults with Down syndrome are provided.

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TL;DR: In this article , sleep problems are a prevalent feature of adults with Down syndrome across the lifespan, but there is evidence that these problems increase with age in adulthood, with some changes in sleep consistent with age-related changes in the general population, but other changes appearing to be more severe than what is typically observed with aging in adults without neurodevelopmental conditions.

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