Obstructive sleep apnea risk is associated with decreased executive processing speed in older women but not in men: A longitudinal analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Studies investigating the possible links between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cognitive dysfunction have yet led to heterogenous results. Individual characteristics, such as sex and age, could moderate this association and explain part of this heterogeneity. Here, we characterized the sex‐ and age‐specific association between OSA risk and cognitive performance using longitudinal data from the community‐based Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) comprehensive cohort.