While studies of patients at sleep clinics tend to show an association between sleep apnea and mortality, most population-based studies have failed to find such an association, with the exception of a subgroup of patients under age 60 with both snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness, who experienced twice the risk of mortality.

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• Person: Colten HR, Altevogt BM Organization: National Academies Press
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• sleep apnea concept
• snoring concept