The Syndrome Obstructive Sleep Apnea (SOAHS) is considered a public health problem
because of its high index of prevalence proportion. Despite of the SOAHS’ frequency and
severity; most of the patients don’t have a precise diagnostic. Whereas the main goal of this
paper is identifying the prevalence of physical disorders linked to obstructive sleep apnea in
the State of Pará, Brazil. Method: During 2013, over 400 questionnaires were applied to over-
10-year-patients from the Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology clinics (Bettina Ferro de Souza
Hospital, Belém- Capital of Pará). The statistic evaluation was supported by Minitab
Program, Version 14, considering the logistic regression method and values of p <0.05.
Subsequently, a multiple logistic regression was applied to determine the impact of each
variable in the development of sleep apnea, and correlate them to the odds ratios; trust
intervals of 95%. Results: 56% of questionnaires were with females patients, from 12-82
years (the mean age was 38.37 ± 14.9). The 67% of contestants aged 20-50; 65% admitted
snoring; 54 (13.5%) reported they were hypertensive, and 45 indicated a high risk for SOAHS
(95% CI: 50.99 to 6737.19, P < 0.000, OR: 586.13); 136 (34%) reported excessive sleepiness,
from this amount, 78 presented a high risk for SOAHS, what should be investigated, with
significant statistical level (95% CI: 1.13 to 4.73, P < 0.022 and OR: 2.31); high SOAHS’
Risk corresponded to 38.5 % in average. Conclusion: The causal association between sleep
apnea syndrome and age, especially after 50s, demonstrated a strong convergence, according
to the public data reference. Besides, there is a link between gender, body mass index (BMI),
blood Pressure (HBP), snoring, smoking, degree of somnolence, respiratory obstruction and
neck circumference.
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