# Estimation of the clinically diagnosed proportion of sleep apnea syndrome in middle-aged men and women

Young T, Evans L, Finn L, Palta M · Sleep 20(9):705–706 · 1997



## Key finding

~82% of men and ~93% of women with moderate-to-severe apnea were undiagnosed — the numbers Galpin quotes.



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