ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2018
Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Respiratory Effort-Related Arousals in the General Population.
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- Obstructive Sleep Apneas and Cardiovascular Diseases.Clocks & sleep · 2026Review
- Factors associated with respiratory disturbance index higher than apnea-hypopnea index in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.Biomedical reports · 2026Article
- Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Interactions during Apneic Events in Sleep via Fuzzy Kernel Measures of Information Dynamics.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Evaluation of Autonomic Arousals in Scoring Sleep Respiratory Disturbances with Polysomnography and Portable Monitor Devices: A Proof of Concept Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2020Article
- Effect of Three Hypopnea Scoring Criteria on OSA Prevalence and Associated Comorbidities in the General Population.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2019Article
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objectivesTo determine the prevalence and clinical associations of respiratory effort-related arousals (RERA) in a general population sample.
methodsA total of 2,162 participants (51.2% women, 58.5 ± 11.0 years old, body mass index [BMI] 25.6 ± 4.2 kg/m
resultsA RERA index ≥ 5 events/h was present in 84 participants (3.8%; 95% confidence interval: 3.2-4.8%). In 17 participants (0.8%; 95% confidence interval: 0.5-1.3%), RERAs were the predominant sleep breathing disorder and only one of them complained of excessive daytime sleepiness. Compared to matched controls, subjects with a RERA index ≥ 5 events/h were similar in terms of BMI (26.5 ± 3.5 versus 26.3 ± 4.8 kg/m
conclusionsIn a middle-aged population-based cohort, the prevalence of a RERA index ≥ 5 events/h was low (3.8%) and was not associated with negative clinical outcomes when using the currently recommended scoring criteria of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
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