Patients from 60 to 75 years old diagnosed with cerebral small vessel disease with no history of symptomatic stroke, brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, seizures and neurodegenerative or mental disorder will undergo overnight leg actigraphy and cardiorespiratory monitoring. Those of them with apnea/hypopnea index under 5 will be enrolled. Brain MRI and cognitive assessment will be performed at baseline and in 1-year follow-up, sleep quality will be assessed at baseline with self-reported questionnaires. Progression of cerebral small vessel disease markers and cognitive dysfunction will be compared between patients with high periodic limb movement index (the number of periodic limb movement ≥ 15 per hour of sleep) and controls (periodic limb movement index \< 15/h).
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White matter hyperintensities volume change
Timeframe: 1 year
Degree of Cognitive Decline
Timeframe: 1 year