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Gender Issues in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Jacqueline H Geer1, Janet Hilbert1
1Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract:
Obstructive sleep apnea has historically been considered a male disease. Although most studies have shown male predominance, obstructive sleep apnea is highly prevalent in women, increasing with age and varying with physiologic status among other factors. Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with significant symptoms and health consequences in women yet remains underdiagnosed in women in part due to differences in presenting symptoms, differences in polysomnographic findings, and/or sociocultural factors. This review will discuss the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic findings, and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, focusing on sex and gender differences.
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