title: Prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome among Swedish men--an epidemiological study.
abstract: The prevalence of the sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) among Swedish men 30-69 years old was estimated by a two-stage procedure. In the first stage, 4064 questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of a defined population in the municipality of Uppsala. The response rate was almost 80%; 15.6% of the responders were habitual snorers and 5.8% complained of daytime sleepiness. From these, a group of 166 men highly suspected of having SAS was selected. Eventually, 61 of these came for all-night polysomnographic studies, and 15 of these were found to have SAS. On this basis the lower limit of the prevalence of SAS was estimated to be as high as 1.3%. The majority of subjects with the syndrome were in the age group 50-59 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Lung Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gislason
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almqvist
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taube
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012913:Snoring / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors