At SLEEP 2025, Walia discussed findings showing Hispanic individuals may experience more severe cases of sleep disordered breathing compared to the non-Hispanic group.
A study using 2020 – 2022 Baptist Health’s sleep study data found that Hispanic ethnicity was significantly associated with moderate to severe Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB).
Harneet Walia, MD, the medical director of sleep at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida, presented the findings of this retrospective study at SLEEP 2025, the 39th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Seattle. HCPLive sat down with Walia at the meeting to discuss risk factors for SDB in Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations…