Sentences with phrase «without osa»

One study published in Endocrine Practice found that androgen levels and the prevalence of NAFLD (83.3 % vs. 26.9 %) were higher in patients with OSA than those without OSA.

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.

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.

Future investigations are needed to further elucidate the discordance and underlying mechanisms of sleep improvement between those patients with and without OSA with objective sleep measures,» the authors write.

The longitudinal study found that at a follow - up appointment, on average 43 months later, the patients with OSA (18.4 %) were more likely to develop moderate to severe diabetic retinopathy compared to those without OSA (6.1 %).

The results showed that diabetic retinopathy prevalence was higher in patients with OSA (42.9 %) compared to those without OSA (24.1 %).

They found that 60 per cent of the group with OSA had nerve damage compared to 22 per cent in the group without OSA.

Not exact matches

This counterintuitive situation occurs because OSA sufferers may wake up dozens of times an hour or more each night without even realizing it due to pauses in breathing that can jolt a person out of sleep.

Another study published in Steroids showed the risk for OSA is at least 5 - to 10-fold higher in women with PCOS compared to the risk in similarly obese women without PCOS.