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The increasing prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea

  • 1970: Did not exist
  • 1980: Estimated at 5,000,000 by ASDC
  • 1990: Estimated at 10,000,000 by NCSDR
  • 1993: Found to be 30,000,000 by Young, et al.
  • 1993: 80,000,000 if "predisposed" included
  • 1994: 46% of 200 truckers > 10 AHI
  • 1997: 9% of Stanford undergraduates
  • 2000: 46% of everyone - JAMA
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