Comparison of Sleep-Disordered Breathing among Healthy Elderly in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Decades of Life
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- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Sleep
- Vol. 13 (6) , 502-511
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/13.6.502
Abstract
We investigated the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in healthy 80 year-old subjects (n = 38) as compared with healthy 70-(n = 33) and 60-year-old subjects (n = 34). The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) increased significantly across decades: 39.S% (15 of 38) of 80 year olds, 33.3% (11 of 33) of 70 year olds, and 2.9% (1 of 34) of 60 year olds had an AHI 3 S (X2 = 14.0, p < 0.001). The prevalence of SDB as measured by a more stringent apnea index criterion of ∼S was 18.9% of those in their 80s, 12.1% in their 70s, and 0% in their 60s (X2 = 6.63, p < 0.05). Significant gender differences were noted in the proportion of subjects with AHI ∼ 10: 22.4% of men versus 5.4% of women (l = 4.2S, p < 0.05). These data suggest that SDB increases with advancing age even in the healthy elderly and may be more marked in healthy men than women.Keywords
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