TABLE 1.

Demographics for the incident sleep apnoea cohort at the time of sleep apnoea diagnosis, matched control population and total adult population using healthcare services in 2017 (i.e. the general population)

	Population	Male	Age, years (mean)	Age 18–65 years	Age 65–74 years	Age ≥75 years	Multimorbidity (≥2 chronic diseases)
Incident sleep apnoea
All	25 324	64.2	57.2	68.8	22.7	8.6	63.3
Male	16 263		56.3	70.6	21.6	7.8	58.3
Female	9061		58.8	65.5	24.7	9.9	72.4
Matched controls
All	25 324	64.2	57.2	68.8	22.7	8.6	61.6
Male	16 263		56.3	70.6	21.6	7.8	56.5
Female	9061		58.8	65.5	24.7	9.9	70.5
General population	3 223 399	42.9	52.1	67.7	17.1	15.25	38.1

Data are presented as n or %.