Background Evaluation and interpretation of the literature on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
allows for consolidation and determination of the key factors important for clinical …

Overnight pulse oximetry allows the relatively non‐invasive estimation of peripheral blood
haemoglobin oxygen saturations (SpO2), and forms part of the typical polysomnogram …

Study Objectives: The aim was to investigate how the severity of apneas, hypopneas, and
related desaturations is associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)-related daytime …

Introduction The present study aimed to review the association between obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) and depression and compare the prevalence of depression among people …

Low long-term heart rate variability (HRV), often observed in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
patients, is a known risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. However, it is unclear how the …

The terms sex and gender often are used interchangeably, but have specific meaning when
it comes to their effects on lung disease. Ample evidence is now available that sex and …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for many years has been thought to be a disease of men, but
research performed more recently has revealed women are at significant risk for OSA as …

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is related to the incidence of cognitive decline. However,
results of cohort studies were inconsistent. We performed a meta-analysis of cohort studies …

Research related to the duration of respiratory events in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has
been scarce, perhaps due to the dominant role played by the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) …

Background Age is a risk factor of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It has been shown that
OSA progresses over time, although conflicting results have been reported. However, the …