Exploring the Impact of Positional Sleep Apnea in a Turkish Population: Unveiling the Untold Story

CONCLUSIONS Our findings revealed that male sex and lower values of BMI, AHI, and desaturation were common determinants of POSA and e-POSA, while younger age independently predicted POSA. POSA and e-POSA had similar clinical and polysomnographic characteristics and shared the unvaried hypoxic burden.PMID:37621080 | DOI:10.12659/MSM.941425

Source: Medical Science Monitor - August 25, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Makbule Ozlem Akbay Canan Gunduz Gurkan Ayse Ezgi Ak Sema Sarac Source Type: research