Adult obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome: definitions, risk factors, and pathogenesis

H Klar Yaggi; Kingman P Strohl

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2010.02.011

Adult obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome: definitions, risk factors, and pathogenesis

Clin Chest Med. 2010 Jun;31(2):179-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2010.02.011.

Authors

H Klar Yaggi¹, Kingman P Strohl

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208057, New Haven, CT 06520-8057, USA. henry.yaggi@yale.edu

PMID: 20488280
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2010.02.011

Abstract

The objectives of this article are to (1) understand how respiratory event definitions and syndrome threshold values affect prevalence estimates of obstructive sleep apnea in adults, (2) recognize important risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea in adults, and (3) understand current theories of the underlying mechanisms for airway obstruction during sleep.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Male
Obesity / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / diagnosis
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / epidemiology*
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / physiopathology*
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / diagnosis
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / epidemiology
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / physiopathology
United States / epidemiology