Predicting Sleep Apnea and Excessive Day Sleepiness in the Severely Obese

Autor: John Dixon, Paul E. O'Brien, Linda M Schachter
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Chest. 123:1134-1141
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.4.1134
Popis: Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in severely obese subjects (body mass index [BMI] > 35). Overnight polysomnography (OPS) is the “gold standard” method of evaluating this condition; however, it is time-consuming, inconvenient, and expensive. Selection of patients for OPS would be enhanced if we could better predict those likely to have clinically significant OSA. Study objective: To look for clinical and biochemical predictors of OSA in symptomatic patients presenting for obesity surgery. Design and patients: Symptoms suggestive of OSA were sought in a structured interview. We report OPS results of 99 consecutive subjects in whom OSA was clinically suspected. Predictors of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) were sought from an extensive preoperative data collection. Multivariate linear and logistic analysis was used to identify independent predictors of AHI. Results: Symptoms were poor predictors of AHI, with observed sleep apnea the only positive predictor. Four clinical and two biochemical factors independently predicted AHI: observed sleep apnea, male sex, higher BMI, age, fasting insulin, and glycosylated hemoglobin AIc (r 2 0.42). Neck circumference (the best single measure) could replace BMI and sex in the analysis (r 2 0.43). With cutoffs selected, a simple scoring system using these six factors provides a method of predicting those with moderate or severe OSA. A score > 3 provides a sensitivity and specificity of 89% and 81%, and 96% and 71% for AHIs of > 15 and > 30, respectively. None of the 31 subjects with scores of 0 or 1 were found to have an AHI > 15. Conclusion: We explore sleep disturbance and report a simple method of predicting OSA in severely obese symptomatic subjects. This should assist in limiting the use of OPS to those with greater risk and provide a method of assessing risk in those not presenting primarily with a sleep problem. Abbreviations: AHI apnea-hypopnea index; ANOVA analysis of variance; BASH’IM body mass index, age, observed sleep apnea, glycosylated hemoglobin AIc, insulin, and male gender; BMI body mass index; CI confidence interval; ESS Epworth sleepiness scale; HbAIc glycosylated hemoglobin AIc; HDL high-density lipoprotein; OPS overnight polysomnography; OR odds ratio; OSA obstructive sleep apnea; REM rapid eye movement; ROC receiver operating characteristic; SF-36 Short-Form 36 Health Survey
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