# Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults

Peppard PE, Young T, Barnet JH, Palta M, Hagen EW, Hla KM · American Journal of Epidemiology 177(9):1006–1014 · 2013



## Key finding

Prevalence in US adults 30–70: ~26% of men and ~9–17% of women; rising with obesity.



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