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ReviewNature and science of sleep2022

Impact of Desaturation Patterns versus Apnea-Hypopnea Index in the Development of Cardiovascular Comorbidities in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients.

Nathan Blekic, Ionela Bold, Thomas Mettay, Marie Bruyneel

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Review in Nature and science of sleep, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Sleep homeostasis impairment across obstructive sleep apnea severity: findings from a population-based cohort study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026
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  6. Differential cardiovascular and autonomic responses to structurally distinct intermittent hypoxia paradigms in rats.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nathan BlekicDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Ionela BoldDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Thomas MettayDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Marie BruyneelDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various phenotypes of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have been recently described and are poorly assessed by the commonly used polysomnographic indices, such as the apnea-hypopnea index and oxygen desaturation index. Nocturnal hypoxemia is the hallmark of OSA and new quantitative markers, as hypoxic burden or desaturation severity, have been shown to be associated with cardiovascular (CV) mortality. The purpose of this overview is to review the endophenotypical and clinical characteristics of OSA, the current metrics, and to analyze different measurements of hypoxemia in OSA to predict the cardiovascular impact (eg hypoxic burden). Potential interest of multidimensional models to classify OSA, such as BAVENO classification, is also discussed, with the goal of focusing on specific endophenotypes that are likely to develop CV comorbidities, in order to guide clinicians to more aggressive management of OSA in these individuals.

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apnea–hypopnea indexhome sleep apnea testinghypoxic burdenobstructive sleep apneaoxygen desaturation indexpolysomnography

Identifiers

PMID36045914
PMCPMC9423119

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