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      Estimation of the Clinically Diagnosed Proportion of Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Middle-aged Men and Women

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      Sleep
      Oxford University Press (OUP)

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          Abstract

          The proportion of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in the general adult population that goes undiagnosed was estimated from a sample of 4,925 employed adults. Questionnaire data on doctor-diagnosed sleep apnea were followed up to ascertain the prevalence of diagnosed sleep apnea. In-laboratory polysomnography on a subset of 1,090 participants was used to estimate screen-detected sleep apnea. In this population, without obvious barriers to health care for sleep disorders, we estimate that 93% of women and 82% of men with moderate to severe SAS have not been clinically diagnosed. These findings provide a baseline for assessing health care resource needs for sleep apnea.

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          Journal
          Sleep
          Oxford University Press (OUP)
          1550-9109
          0161-8105
          September 1997
          September 01 1997
          September 1997
          September 01 1997
          : 20
          : 9
          : 705-706
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Sleep and Respiration Research Group, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
          Article
          10.1093/sleep/20.9.705
          9406321
          a9ebcc42-de76-434e-bdd6-efe71303adac
          © 1997
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