ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022
Waist-hip ratio is an independent predictor of moderate-to-severe OSA in nonobese males: a cross-sectional study.
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- Association of Short Sleep Duration and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Central Obesity: A Retrospective Study Utilizing Anthropometric Measures.Nature and science of sleep · 2024Article
- Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and obstructive sleep apnea: a study from NHANES 2015-2018.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Association Between the Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and OSA Risk: Insights from the NHANES 2017-2020 and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.Nature and science of sleep · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdiposity is a well-established risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but whether a combination of preferable anthropometric measurements may improve the accuracy of detecting OSA is unknown. This study aimed to explore the accuracies of the waist-hip ratio (WHR) in conjunction with the body mass index (BMI) when identifying the severity of OSA.
designA total of 2012 participants in the China-Japan Friendship Hospital from January 2018 to December 2019 underwent anthropometric measurements and an overnight home sleep test (HST). The 244 subjects who met the criteria for obstructive sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5 events/hour) were divided into four groups: Group A (55 patients with WHR ≥ 0.9 and BMI ≥ 28 kg/m
resultsThe AHI, apnea index (AI), hypopnea index (HI), and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) were significantly different among the 4 groups (p < 0.05). The WHR was positively correlated with AHI (r = 0.22, p < 0.001), AI (r = 0.270, p = 0.004), and ODI (r = 0.286, p = 0.0022) and negatively correlated with lowest oxygen pulse saturation (LSpO
conclusionIn nonobese male OSA patients, WHR is a moderate screening marker for moderate-to-severe OSA and an independent risk factor for OSA severity.
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