title: Adult obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome: definitions, risk factors, and pathogenesis.
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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: H Klar
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Yaggi
authors.forename: Kingman P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Strohl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology