… This document reviews the history of the apnea hypopnea index as a metric of sleep apnea
severity. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this approach and then provide some …

… severity in this representative “normal” US population. The prevalence of those with a combined
moderate + severe sleep apnea … the SDB severity classification also should be modified. …

… position is the one in which many sleep apnea patients snore the loudest and have … severe
sleep apnea of the obstructive type adopt strange sleep positions to avoid the back sleep …

… , but not obstructive sleep apnea severity, were significantly … included the obstructive sleep
apnea severity variables in the … in obstructive sleep apnea patients as did apnea severity (as …

… or home sleep apnea test results aid in the diagnosis of OSA and its severity. … as a
confirmatory test but results may underestimate the severity of sleep-related breathing disorders. …

… severity of OSA and severity of common sleep and psychological disturbances present in
the sleep … We studied recently-diagnosed, moderate to severe OSA patients with minimal …

… Cohort reporting a dose–response relationship between apnea severity at one time point
and the development of hypertension 4 to 5 yr later. This was the case after controlling for all …

… , our male patients with OSA had more severe sleep apnea than the female patients. This
could … For a given skin fold sum, the men also had more severe sleep apnea than the female …

… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a treatable sleep disorder … from unrecognized OSA and
increasing severity of OSA is … and its complications, or reduce its severity. Type 2 diabetes is …

… at least 5 events of disordered breathing per hour of sleep.1 The diagnosis and severity
of obstructive sleep apnea is typically determined from the apnea hypopnea index (AHI),2 a …