Assessing mortality risk in narcolepsy: Evidence from population studies
Nawris Alhassan, Susmin Karki, Jagdish Lal · 2026
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Nawris Alhassan, Susmin Karki, and Jagdish Lal wrote this 2026 review on whether narcolepsy raises the risk of death. Narcolepsy is a lifelong sleep disorder marked by heavy daytime sleepiness and sudden muscle weakness. It travels with heart and mental health problems, yet past studies of mortality disagree.
The authors searched four databases through February 2026 for studies with hard mortality numbers. Five studies qualified, covering over 200,000 patients and vast control groups. Pooling gave a risk ratio of 1.25, short of statistical firmness, with wide spread between studies. Dropping one heavily weighted outlier calmed the spread and pulled the estimate to 1.09. Splits by region and age probed the differences. The verdict: no proven rise in death risk, but the data are uneven.
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| CREATOR | Nawris Alhassan, Susmin Karki, Jagdish Lal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |