This review summarizes the recent literature on the epidemiology of adult obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) from various population-based studies. Despite methodologic differences …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is probably the most common respiratory disorder, with
recent data from the United States and Europe suggesting that between 14% and 49% of …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive episodes of complete and
partial obstructions of the upper airway during sleep. The diagnosis of OSA requires the …

The association of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome with obesity, hypertension and
cardiovascular disease has highlighted the broad public health importance of this condition …

Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common medical condition with significant
adverse consequences, but OSA remains undiagnosed in many individuals. The Berlin …

With this systematic review we aimed to determine the prevalence of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) in adults in the general population and how it varied between population sub …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder.
Although frequently undiagnosed, OSA is highly prevalent and presents most often with …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS),
using current clinical and epidemiological techniques, among the adult population of Sao …

Epidemiologic investigations of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults reach back more
than a quarter century. However, beginning in and throughout the 1990s, early payoffs of …

Population-based epidemiologic studies have uncovered the high prevalence and wide
severity spectrum of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea, and have consistently found that …