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Long-Term Evolution of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Sleep and Health Risk

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is common especially among middle-aged men. According to three epidemiological studies from Israel, Sweden, and Finland, the minimal prevalence of OSAS among middle-aged men is around 1% [6,13, 25]. In a recent epidemiological study the estimated minimal prevalence of OSAS among 30- to 69-year-old Italian men living in Bologna was 2.7%. Among 40- to 59-year-old men the estimated prevalence is between 3.4% and 5% [2]. Among patients with arterial hypertension the prevalence of OSAS is 25% or even more [5, 12, 14, 28].

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  2. Sleep Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 701 Welch Road, Suite 2226, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

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Partinen, M., Guilleminault, C. (1991). Long-Term Evolution of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In: Peter, J.H., Penzel, T., Podszus, T., von Wichert, P. (eds) Sleep and Health Risk. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76034-1_13

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