Obesity is a major risk factor for sleep apnea. 肥胖是呼吸暫停的主要危險因素。
Sleep apnea also increases the short-term risk of surgery. 睡眠呼吸暫停也增加了手術的風險。
Among patients with sleep apnea, it is best to use actigraphy to estimate total sleep time only when polysomnography is not aailable. 在睡眠窒息的患者中,當多導睡眠圖無效時最好僅用腕動計來評估總的睡眠時間。