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Mari Palta

Professor University of Wisconsin
Verified email at wisc.edu
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[HTML][HTML] The occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing among middle-aged adults

T Young, M Palta, J Dempsey, J Skatrud… - New England journal …, 1993 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Limited data have suggested that sleep-disordered breathing, a condition of
repeated episodes of apnea and hypopnea during sleep, is prevalent among adults. Data …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective study of the association between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension

PE Peppard, T Young, M Palta… - New England Journal of …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Sleep-disordered breathing is prevalent in the general population and has
been linked to chronically elevated blood pressure in cross-sectional epidemiologic studies …

Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults

PE Peppard, T Young, JH Barnet… - American journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Sleep-disordered breathing is a common disorder with a range of harmful sequelae. Obesity
is a strong causal factor for sleep-disordered breathing, and because of the ongoing obesity …

Longitudinal study of moderate weight change and sleep-disordered breathing

PE Peppard, T Young, M Palta, J Dempsey, J Skatrud - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
ContextExcess body weight is positively associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB),
a prevalent condition in the US general population. No large study has been conducted of …

[PDF][PDF] Estimation of the clinically diagnosed proportion of sleep apnea syndrome in middle-aged men and women

T Young, L Evans, L Finn, M Palta - Sleep, 1997 - scholar.archive.org
The proportion of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in the general adult population that goes
undiagnosed was estimated from a sample of 4,925 employed adults. Questionnaire data on …

Population-based study of sleep-disordered breathing as a risk factor for hypertension

T Young, P Peppard, M Palta, KM Hla… - Archives of internal …, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Clinical observations have linked sleepdisordered breathing, a condition of
repeated apneas and hypopneas during sleep, with hypertension but evidence for an …

Sleep-disordered breathing and motor vehicle accidents in a population-based sample of employed adults

T Young, J Blustein, L Finn, M Palta - Sleep, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Studies have consistently shown that sleep apnea patients have high accident rates, but the
generalizability of the association beyond clinic populations has been questioned. The goal …

Sleep apnea and hypertension: a population-based study

KM Hla, TB Young, T Bidwell, M Palta… - Annals of internal …, 1994 - acpjournals.org
Objective: To measure the independent association of sleep-disordered breathing (sleep
apnea and habitual snoring) and hypertension in a healthy adult population. Design: A cross …

Smoking as a risk factor for sleep-disordered breathing

DW Wetter, TB Young, TR Bidwell… - Archives of internal …, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Recent evidence indicates that the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing is
remarkably high (24% for men and 9% for women) and that the public health burden …

Comparison of self-reported and measured height and weight

M Palta, RJ Prineas, R Berman… - American journal of …, 1982 - academic.oup.com
Screening data from the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program in Minneapolis,
MN, 1973–1974, provided an opportunity to evaluate the accuracy of self-report of height …