根据种族和种族对睡眠呼吸障碍的特征:表型,风险和临床影响-第一部分
Alcibiades J Rodriguez1, Omonigho M Bubu2, Ricardo S Osorio3
1NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center, New York, NY, USA; Neurology Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Sleep medicine clinics
|February 20, 2026
概括
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 是常见的,经常错过,特别是在少数群体中. 本综述考察了成年人OSA的流行病学,强调了非洲裔美国人和其他种族群体的更高的患病率和严重程度.
科学领域:
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 是一种普遍的疾病,经常被诊断不足.
- 在少数群体中,OSA的患病率不成比例地高,包括非洲裔美国人 (AA),西班牙裔美国人,亚裔美国人和美洲原住民 (NA).
- 与白人相比,患有OSA的AA个体往往在较年轻时被诊断出来,并呈现出更严重的症状和并发症.
研究的目的:
- 审查成年人群中阻断性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的当前流行病学.
- 突出少数民族中OSA的患病率和严重程度的增加.
- 建立对OSA对不同成年人群的影响的基线理解.
主要方法:
- 文献综述侧重于OSA的流行病学研究.
- 对成年人不同种族群体的流行数据的分析.
- 综合现有关于不同人群中OSA严重程度和并发症的研究.
主要成果:
- 在所有人群中,OSA的患病率很高,并且在所有人群中被诊断不足.
- 与白人美国人相比,非洲裔美国人,西班牙裔美国人,亚裔美国人和美洲原住民的OSA患病率更高.
- 数据表明,在AA成年人中,OSA的早期发病,严重程度增加和并发病率增加的趋势.
结论:
- 开放式呼吸是一种重要的公共卫生问题,特别是在少数群体中.
- 进一步的研究和有针对性的查对于解决贫困人口中OSA的高负担至关重要.
- 本次审查强调了对OSA诊断和管理需要文化敏感的方法.
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