Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an increasingly prevalent condition. A growing body of
literature supports substantial racial disparities in the prevalence, risk factors, presentation …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder associated with multiple adverse
health consequences and its prevalence is increasing in parallel with rising obesity trends …

Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is hypothesized to be influenced by genes within
pathways involved with obesity, craniofacial development, inflammation, and ventilatory …

There is a scarcity of adult prevalence studies of OSA outside the Caucasian populations of
North America, Europe and Australia, and comparisons have been complicated by …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common cause of daytime sleepiness for millions of
Americans. It is also a disease associated with an increased likelihood of hypertension …

Abstract Study Objectives African Americans have been under-represented in obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) research. This study determined the prevalence and correlates of OSA …

OSA has a male predominance; women have a lower AHI than men during certain stages of
sleep; women require less CPAP pressure for treatment of similar severity of OSA, and there …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an increasingly recognized, common chronic disease in
the developed nations and is a complex disease that has high social and economic costs …

Differences in age of presentation and anatomic risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) in Caucasians and African Americans suggest possible racial differences in the …

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