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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2025

Prevalence and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in collegiate football players.

S Raj J Trikha, Richard Raab, Terry DeZeeuw, Steven Moore, Mark Neagle, Mark Petrun, Josiane L Broussard

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S Raj J TrikhaDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Richard RaabThe Center for Dental Sleep Medicine, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Terry DeZeeuwDepartment of Athletics, Health and Performance, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Steven MooreThe Center for Dental Sleep Medicine, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Mark NeagleUniversity of Colorado Health, Pulmonology Clinic, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Mark PetrunUniversity of Colorado Health, Pulmonology Clinic, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Josiane L BroussardDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Funding

Time-restricted feeding to mitigate metabolic impairments during circadian misalignmentR01DK125653 · NIDDK · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BROUSSARD, JOSIANE · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
Integrating Sleep and Circadian Factors into Machine Learning Models for Personalized Glycemic Response PredictionR01HL168081 · NHLBI · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Josiane Broussard · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL168081NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK125653
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objectivesFootball players are a unique population that present with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) at rates higher than the general population, likely due to high body mass indices and large neck circumferences. However, few studies have studied the prevalence of OSA in young, collegiate football players. We therefore examined the prevalence of OSA, as well as assessed a simple screening tool to identify OSA risk, in collegiate football players.

methodsParticipants from the Colorado State University football team completed anatomical evaluations and in-depth health history and sleep questionnaires and wore a WatchPAT 300 device for 3 consecutive nights for in-home estimations of apnea-hypopnea index and blood oxygen saturation.

resultsFifty-eight young, healthy males completed the study (body mass index: 29.2 ± 4.2 kg/m

conclusionsCollegiate football players present with OSA at a higher rate than the general population. Incorporating overnight oxygen saturation into the STOP-Bang questionnaire may increase the specificity for detecting OSA and should be included when assessing OSA in this population. CITATION: Trikha SRJ, Raab R, DeZeeuw T, et al. Prevalence and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in collegiate football players.

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AthletesFootballSleep Apnea, ObstructiveBody Mass IndexColoradoHumansMalePolysomnographyPrevalenceRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesYoung Adultcollegiate athletesobstructive sleep apneaSTOP-BangWatchPAT 300

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PMID40135688
PMCPMC12225281

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