Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in the generalpopulation but remains largely under recognized.1Risk fac-tors for OSA include male gender, obesity and increasingage.1,2There is growing evidence that OSA may cause sev-eral consequences including not only poor sleep qualityand excessive daytime sleepiness but also contribute todetrimental cardiometabolic consequences.3,4Therefore,recognizing populations that are at increased risk shouldhelp to detect OSA. In the present number of the PortugueseJournal of Pulmonology, Vale and colleagues