Women snore too - and just as loudly

And even when they do admit to snoring, they insist, incorrectly, that theirs isn't as loud as men's.

Researchers studying nearly 2000 patients who came into a lab for sleep studies found that nearly 40 percent of women who declared themselves to be non-snorers turned out to have severe or very severe snoring intensity, according to the study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.Snoring can be a symptom of sleep apnea, which increases a person's risk for serious conditions including high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke.

Among the 1,913 patients in the study were 675 women and 1,238 men. The average age was 49. As part of the evaluation, patients were asked to fill out a questionnaire that asked them to rate the severity of their snoring. Then, while the patients were sleeping, the volume of their snoring was measured with a digital sound meter. The snoring intensity was classified as mild, at 40 to 45 decibels, moderate, at 45 to 55 decibels, severe, at 55-60 decibels, or very severe, at 60 or more decibels.

The results suggest that doctors look for other signs of sleep apnea in women rather than a self-report of snoring, Maimon and his colleagues noted.Women are more likely to show up in the doctor's office with complaints of"daytime symptoms such as fatigue, tiredness, or depression," said Soose, who is director of the division of sleep surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Part of the problem lies with doctors' stereotypes of the typical snorer, Soose said."Many think that snoring is just a problem for overweight, middle-aged men," he explained."As a field we need to get away from the traditional mindset and recognize there are different presentations of these conditions and we need to take a more personalized approach for both men and women.

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