RE: Fascinating discussion on the science of sleep.
(05-07-2018, 05:09 PM)Mogy Wrote: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404207/
It discusses the prevalence of OSA in the general population. Basically it says that if you are male and over 30 years old you have an 83% chance of having OSA. If you are female it is somewhat better, but females catch up as they get older.
There is a lot of people with undiagnosed OSA.
Yikes! That's scary.
And that makes it even more of a scandal that the disorder seems to be handled so poorly in the American medical industry (sadly, it is an industry although it shouldn't be), even after being diagnosed. So not only are there all the undiagnosed cases out there driving around, but even when a patient knows what the problem is, getting to the treatment phase often takes months.
RE: Fascinating discussion on the science of sleep.
(05-07-2018, 05:23 PM)Fats Drywaller Wrote: (05-07-2018, 05:09 PM)Mogy Wrote: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404207/
It discusses the prevalence of OSA in the general population. Basically it says that if you are male and over 30 years old you have an 83% chance of having OSA. If you are female it is somewhat better, but females catch up as they get older.
There is a lot of people with undiagnosed OSA.
Yikes! That's scary.
And that makes it even more of a scandal that the disorder seems to be handled so poorly in the American medical industry (sadly, it is an industry although it shouldn't be), even after being diagnosed. So not only are there all the undiagnosed cases out there driving around, but even when a patient knows what the problem is, getting to the treatment phase often takes months.
After reviewing the numbers in the study this is what I got from it. In the City of Lausanne, Switzerland there are 509 men and 257 women walking around with moderate to severe apnea. Not exactly overwhelming evidence for the general population.
