Distribution of age and apnea-hypopnea index in diagnostic sleep tests in West Texas.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disease characterized by the collapse of the upper airway during sleep. It is debated whether increasing age is associated with an increased severity based on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in OSA patients. To better characterize the distribution of age and AHI in...
| Publicado en: | Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 15 - 20 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=154224292&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 154224292 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 08998280 1XEP jtl: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings issn: 08998280 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2022 vid: 35 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 154224292 152219650 154224292 154224292 10.1080/08998280.2021.1966710 154224292 ppf: 15 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Distribution of age and apnea-hypopnea index in diagnostic sleep tests in West Texas. aug: au: Kopel, Jonathan Jakubski, Silvia Al-Mekdash, Mhd Hasan Berdine, Gilbert affil: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas sug: subj: Age Factors Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Diagnosis Clinical Assessment Tools Human Retrospective Design Texas Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Polysomnography Descriptive Statistics Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years ab: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disease characterized by the collapse of the upper airway during sleep. It is debated whether increasing age is associated with an increased severity based on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in OSA patients. To better characterize the distribution of age and AHI in OSA patients, a large, retrospective analysis of diagnostic sleep test results in West Texas was performed. This study analyzed 3993 adult patients (aged ≥18 years) who had either a full or a split night sleep study performed at Alpha Sleep Labs between July 1, 2009, and September 1, 2020. The distribution of age approximates a normal distribution with a mean age of 52.6 and standard deviation of 14.4 years. Compared to the US population, the study population is overrepresented by those 40 to 60 years of age and underrepresented by those 20 to 40 and ≥60 years. The degree of underrepresentation was greater for young patients than the elderly. The number of subjects vs. AHI approximated an exponential decay. Although prevalence probably contributes to the observed distributions of age and AHI, we cannot conclude that our data represent either the prevalence of OSA or AHI. The population of people undergoing diagnostic sleep testing is not representative of the total population. Interdependencies are observed between age and AHI, but the basis for these interdependencies is unclear. Future studies will need to examine these effects in greater detail. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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