Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes, the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Won C, Reid M, Sofer T, Azarbarzin A, Purcell S, White D, Wellman A, Sands S, Redline S. Sex differences in obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes, the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Sleep 2019, 43: zsz274. PMID: 31687772, PMCID: PMC7215264, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApnea-hypopnea indexObstructive sleep apneaMulti-Ethnic StudyArousal criteriaObstructive sleep apnea phenotypesSex differencesLow arousal thresholdRelative sex differencesApnea phenotypesNREM-AHIPathophysiological endotypesREM-OSAAirway collapsibilityOSA prevalenceSleep apneaDesaturation criteriaEndotypesSex disparitiesArousal thresholdPolysomnography dataSignificant sex differencesREM eventsWomenLow loop gainNREM