Table 1 A review of the literature describing the prevalence of sleep apnoea in older people

First author [ref.]	Subjects n	Females %	Age yrs	Population	BMI kg per m²	Prevalence of SDB %
First author [ref.]	Subjects n	Females %	Age yrs	Population	BMI kg per m²	AHI ≥5	AHI ≥10/ ≥15
Carskadon [24]	40	55	62–86	Community		36
Coleman [25]	83	28	66±5	Sleep clinic		39
McGinty [26]	26	0	64.4±4.4	Community			62
Roehrs [27]	97		61–81	Sleep clinic		27
Smallwood [28]	30	20	50–80	Community	±15%	37
Yesavage [29]	41	0	69.5±6.5	18 community and 23 clinic		73
Hoch [30]	56	52	69.3±5.4	Community	±20%	5	4
Knight [31]	27	NG	75.8±5.9	Primary care	25	37
Mosko [32]	46	65	68.7±6.7	Community		28	16
Ancoli-Israel [33]	233	65	65–101	Nursing home	30.6±6.0	70
Hoch [18]	105	53	60–91	Community	25.4±3.8	26	13
Philips [34]	92	52	64.2±8.6	Community	25.6±4.3	15
Ancoli-Israel [19]	346	53	72.8±6.1	Community	24.4±4.2		30
Ancoli-Israel [19]	54	57	70.8±6.2	Community	27.2±5.4		32
Bixler [20]	75	0	65–100	Community		31	24
Young [21]	3448		60–99	Community		54	20
Endeshaw [35]	58	76	77.7±6.7	Community		56	19
Haas [22]	3643	52	70.2±6.9	Community	28.2±5.0	46	20
Hader [23]	80	50	74.1±6.3	General medical clinic	26.8±4.6	43	19

BMI: body mass index; SDB: sleep-disordered breathing; AHI: apnoea–hypopnoea index.