'80% of people with sleep apnea don't know they have it' — the signs and sleep tracker metrics to look for, according to a Samsung Health scientist

The main image shows a women lying on her front and snoring during her sleep. In the bottom right corner is an inset image of a close up of a sleep tracker showing the different sleep stages that have been tracked overnight.

An estimated 80% of sleep apnea cases remain undiagnosed worldwide but your sleep tracker could hold the key to a successfully spotting symptoms of the condition, a study by Samsung has found.

“For years, the inconvenience of an in-lab clinical sleep study has been a barrier to diagnosing sleep apnea,” explained behavioral sleep scientist Dr. Vanessa Hill to Samsung.