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Effects of age on sleep apnea in men
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This article is published in Pneumologie.The article was published on 1998-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1083 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sleep apnea.read more
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Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea: a population health perspective.
TL;DR: Evidence from methodologically strong cohort studies indicates that undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea, with or without symptoms, is independently associated with increased likelihood of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, daytime sleepiness, motor vehicle accidents, and diminished quality of life.
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Increased Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Adults
TL;DR: The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the United States for the periods of 1988-1994 and 2007-2010 is estimated using data from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, an ongoing community-based study with participants randomly selected from an employed population of Wisconsin adults.
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The Epidemiology of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea
TL;DR: Some of the epidemiologic aspects of obstructive sleep apnea in adults are reviewed, namely, loud snoring, observed apneas, and daytime sleepiness, to help identify those in need of further diagnostic evaluation.
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Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: an American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council on Cardiovascular Nursing.
Virend K. Somers,David P. White,Raouf S. Amin,William T. Abraham,Fernando Ferreira Costa,Antonio Culebras,Stephen R. Daniels,John S. Floras,Carl E. Hunt,Lyle J. Olson,Thomas G. Pickering,Richard O. Russell,Mary Woo,Terry Young +13 more
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Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in women: effects of gender.
Edward O. Bixler,Alexandros N. Vgontzas,Hung Mo Lin,Thomas R. Ten Have,Jennifer Rein,Antonio Vela-Bueno,Anthony Kales +6 more
TL;DR: The data combined indicate that menopause is a significant risk factor for sleep apnea in women and that hormone replacement appears to be associated with reduced risk.
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The Occurrence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing among Middle-Aged Adults
TL;DR: The prevalence of undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing is high among men and is much higher than previously suspected among women, and is associated with daytime hypersomnolence.
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Sampling Methods for Random Digit Dialing
TL;DR: A method of sample selection for household telephone interviewing via random digit dialing is developed which significantly reduces the cost of such surveys as compared to dialing numbers completely at random.
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Sleep-disordered breathing in community-dwelling elderly.
Sonia Ancoli-Israel,Daniel F. Kripke,Daniel F. Kripke,Melville R. Klauber,William J. Mason,William J. Mason,Robert Fell,Robert Fell,Oscar J. Kaplan +8 more
TL;DR: Body mass index, falling asleep at inappropriate times, male gender, no alcohol within 2 hr of bedtime and napping were the best predictors of sleep-disordered breathing.