13 Feb Facts about Sleep Apnea
- Over 25 million Americans have sleep apnea 
- 80 to 90% of adults with OSA remain undiagnosed [2,3]
- Severe sleep disordered breathing is associated with a 3-fold increase in all-cause mortality risk and a 5-fold increase in cardiovascular mortality risk .
- OSA triples the risk of risk of incident hypertension over a period of 4 years 
- 70-83% of patients with drug-resistant hypertension have OSA 
- 70% of patients with Type 2 diabetes have sleep apnea (ASAA)
- SDB is present in 77% of men and 64% of women with a history of stroke, 76% of individuals with congestive heart failure and 60% of patients with metabolic syndrome [7,8,9]
- The rate of motor vehicle accidents is seven times higher in patients with sleep apnea than in the average population 