Sentences with phrase «osa severity»

The overall prevalence of OSA was 45 %, and 21.8 % of the study subjects had severe OSA, as assessed with the apnea - hypopnea index (AHI), which indicates OSA severity based on the number of apneas (complete cessation of airflow) and hypopneas (partial cessation of airflow) per hour of sleep.

He added that the purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between OSA severity and changes in AD biomarkers longitudinally, specifically whether amyloid deposits increase over time in healthy elderly participants with OSA.

, the plaque - building peptides associated with Alzheimer's disease, increase over time in elderly adults with OSA in proportion to OSA severity.

From the total study sample, 104 participated in a two - year longitudinal study that found a correlation between OSA severity and a decrease in CSF A?

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A recent study of elderly men found no evidence that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increased in severity (or prevalence) as a result of vitamin D deficiency.

The authors state, «We believe a revision of the operative definition of OSA may be necessary, to reflect not simply the frequency of apneas and hypopneas, but the actual physiologic consequences that result — the severity of oxygen desaturation, sleep fragmentation, sleep deprivation and sympathetic activation.

There was no difference found between those with and without OSA in regards to disease severity or CRS disease - specific QOL, poor sleep, or average sleep quality scores prior to surgery.

Following FESS, substantial gains in QOL and disease severity were observed for patients with CRS with and without OSA, and these gains were statistically significant.

«We found that among patients with OSA, the initial severity of the disease predicted the subsequent risk for incident diabetes.»