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3. Gender Differences in the Clinical and Polysomnographic Characteristics Among Australian Aboriginal Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Monica Hatch, Joy J Mingi, Himanshu Garg, Ram H Ghimire, Robert J. Adams, Sumit Mehra, and Subash S. Heraganahally

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Sleep apnea, Retrospective cohort study, Targeted interventions, medicine.disease, Sleep in non-human animals, Non-rapid eye movement sleep, nervous system diseases, respiratory tract diseases, Obstructive sleep apnea, 03 medical and health sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience, 0302 clinical medicine, stomatognathic system, 030228 respiratory system, Apnea–hypopnea index, Internal medicine, Cohort, Medicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Applied Psychology
Abstract

Background In this study, we assessed the clinical and polysomnographic (PSG) characteristics according to gender among Australian Aboriginal men and woman diagnosed to have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods In this retrospective study, all adult Aboriginal patients over 18 years of age diagnosed to have OSA with an apnea hypopnea index (AHI) > 5/hour over a 5 year period were included. Results Of the 337 patients (168 females and 169 males), who underwent a diagnostic PSG, 297 (88%) were diagnosed to have OSA (AHI) >5/hour), 154/297 males (52%) and 143/297 females (48%). Amongst male and female patients with OSA, 63% and 37% were in the severe spectrum (AHI>30/hour). The male cohort had higher stage N1 NREM sleep (P

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2020

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