Cognitive status in Down syndrome individuals with sleep disordered breathing deficits (SDB)
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G Andreou1, C Galanopoulou, K Gourgoulianis
1Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Argonafton--Filellinon str., 38221 Volos, Greece.
Abstract:
Twelve subjects with Down syndrome underwent polysomnographic studies during night sleep and performed the Mini-Mental state test and the Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM), sets A, B, and B(1). Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) deficits were observed in Down syndrome individuals and their Mini-Mental and RPM scores were extremely low. Regression analysis of the results revealed that the number of apneas per hour was related with the results of the RPM, set A, which were also related with the orientation of Mini-Mental test, indicating that the more apneas an individual has the more difficulties he has in the kind of visuoperceptual skills, including orientation, associated with normal right hemisphere functioning, which are tested by set A of the RPM.
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