ContextSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is both prevalent and associated with serious
chronic illness. The incidence of SDB and the effect of risk factors on this incidence are …

Sleep-disordered breathing is a common disorder with a range of harmful sequelae. Obesity
is a strong causal factor for sleep-disordered breathing, and because of the ongoing obesity …

Background Limited data have suggested that sleep-disordered breathing, a condition of
repeated episodes of apnea and hypopnea during sleep, is prevalent among adults. Data …

Background Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is common, but largely undiagnosed in the
general population. Information on demographic patterns of SDB occurrence and its …

ContextSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and sleep apnea have been linked to
hypertension in previous studies, but most of these studies used surrogate information to …

Previous research has offered widely varying prevalence estimates for sleep apnea in the
population, leaving uncertain which breathing patterns are abnormal. To explore the …

Gender differences in the relative frequency of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) have been
observed in surveys of patient groups referred for clinical evaluation compared with …

This study examined risk factors for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in children and
adolescents; specifically, quantifying risk associated with obesity, race, and upper and lower …

The frequency of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) events increases dramatically with age,
although the clinical significance of this phenomenon is uncertain. We report herein on data …

In this case-control family study of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), we describe the
distributions of SDB and SDB risk factors in African-Americans and Caucasians. A total of …