Correlations between Waist and Neck Circumferences and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Characteristics

Autor: Bhaswati Roy, Daniel W. Kang, Ravi S. Aysola, Chloe Tom, Ruchi Vig, Rajesh Kumar, Ronald M. Harper, Mary A. Woo
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Sleep and vigilance, vol 2, iss 2
ISSN: 2510-2265
Popis: The body mass index (BMI), an estimate of body fat, provides a rather imprecise indication of risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We examined whether other measures, including waist and neck circumferences, provide improved indicators of risk in treatment-naive OSA subjects. We studied 59 OSA subjects [age, 48.8 ± 10.0 years; BMI, 31.9 ± 6.6 kg/m2; apnea–hypopnea index (AHI), 38.5 ± 23.0 events/h; sleep-efficiency index (SEI, n = 52), 78.6 ± 14.4%; lowest oxygen saturation (SaO2 nadir), 79.5 ± 8.0%; systolic blood pressure (BP), 127.4 ± 15.7 mmHg; diastolic BP, 80.1 ± 9.1 mmHg; 43 male], and determined waist and neck circumferences (waist, 107.4 ± 15.3 cm; neck, 41.8 ± 4.7 cm), daytime sleepiness [Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), 8.7 ± 4.6], sleep quality [Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), 8.5 ± 4.1], depression levels [Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), 6.6 ± 5.7], and anxiety levels [Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), 6.2 ± 7.2]. We used partial correlation procedures (covariates, age, and gender) to examine associations between BMI, and waist and neck circumferences vs. AHI, sleep, and neuropsychological variables. BMI, and waist and neck circumferences were significantly correlated with SaO2 nadir (BMI; r = − 0.423, p = 0.001; waist; r = − 0.457, p
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