Phillips B, Cook Y, Schmitt F, Berry D
Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, Lexington.
South Med J. 1989 Sep;82(9):1090-2.
People with snoring, excessive daytime somnolence, and nocturnal breath cessation are very likely to have sleep apnea, particularly if they are obese or hypertensive. We collected epidemiologic data to determine the frequency of these findings in an unselected adult population. Respondents in a random digit dialing telephone survey included 685 people (356 women and 329 men, with a mean age of 50 years). Snoring was reported by 37%, gasping by 8%, excessive daytime somnolence by 36%, and hypertension by 28%; all symptoms were more prevalent in respondents older than 50 years. Snoring and gasping were more common in men than in women. Six persons (1%) had all four risk factors, plus a body mass index of one standard deviation above the mean. Eleven respondents (2%) had all four risk factors, but lower weight. We conclude that all risk factors for sleep apnea are more prevalent in persons over the age of 50 years, and that the incidence of sleep apnea in the general population may be 1%.
有打鼾、白天过度嗜睡和夜间呼吸暂停症状的人很可能患有睡眠呼吸暂停，尤其是那些肥胖或患有高血压的人。我们收集了流行病学数据，以确定在未经过筛选的成年人群中这些症状出现的频率。在一项随机数字拨号电话调查中，受访者包括685人（356名女性和329名男性，平均年龄为50岁）。报告有打鼾症状的占37%，有喘息症状的占8%，白天过度嗜睡的占36%，患有高血压的占28%；所有症状在50岁以上的受访者中更为普遍。打鼾和喘息在男性中比在女性中更常见。6人（1%）具有所有四项风险因素，且体重指数高于平均水平一个标准差。11名受访者（2%）具有所有四项风险因素，但体重较轻。我们得出结论，睡眠呼吸暂停的所有风险因素在50岁以上的人群中更为普遍，并且普通人群中睡眠呼吸暂停的发病率可能为1%。
