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Sleep disordered breathing at the extremes of age: the elderly

Alison McMillan, Mary J. Morrell
Breathe 2016 12: 50-60; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.003216
Alison McMillan
1Sleep and Respiratory Dept, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Stevenage, UK
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Mary J. Morrell
2Academic Unit of Sleep and Ventilation, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
3Respiratory Disease Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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    Overnight pulse oximetry. SpO2: oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry.

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    The prevalence of SDB in older people

    First author [ref.]Subjects nFemale %Age yearsPopulationPrevalence of SDB %
    AHI ≥5 events·h−1AHI ≥10 or ‘≥15 events·h−1
    Carskadon [7]405562–86Community36
    Coleman [8]832866±5Sleep clinic39
    McGinty [9]26064.4±4.4Community62
    Roehrs [10]9761–81Sleep clinic27
    Smallwood [11]302050–80Community37
    Yesavage [12]41069.5±6.5Both73
    Hoch [13]565269.3±5.4Community54
    Knight [14]27NG75.8±5.9Primary care37
    Mosko [15]466568.7±6.7Community2816
    Ancoli-Israel [16]2336565–101Nursing home70
    Hoch [17]1055360–91Community2613
    Phillips [18]925264.2±8.6Community15
    Ancoli-Israel [3]3465372.8±6.1Community30
    Bixler [6]75065–100Community3124
    Young [4]344860–99Community5420
    Endeshaw [19]587677.7±6.7Community5619
    Haas [20]36435270.2±6.9Community4620
    Hader [21]805074.1±6.3General clinic4319
    • NG: not given. Reproduced and modified from [22].

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