2024
Effect of obesity on sleep apnea pathogenesis differs in women versus men: multiple mediation analyses in the retrospective SNOOzzzE cohort
Nokes B, Orr J, White S, Luu S, Chen Z, Alex R, Sands S, Wojeck B, Owens R, Malhotra A, Schmickl C. Effect of obesity on sleep apnea pathogenesis differs in women versus men: multiple mediation analyses in the retrospective SNOOzzzE cohort. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2024, 136: 1516-1525. PMID: 38660729, PMCID: PMC11368527, DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00925.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApnea-hypopnea indexObstructive sleep apneaBody mass indexEffect of body mass indexCirculatory delayArousal thresholdAssociated with apnea-hypopnea indexObstructive sleep apnea risk factorsObstructive Sleep Apnea EndotypesIn-laboratory polysomnographyUpper airway collapseEvents per hourHigh arousal thresholdsEffect of obesityHypopnea indexOSA pathogenesisSleep apneaConsecutive adultsSleep clinicEndotypic traitsAirway collapseMass indexPathogenesis differencesRisk factorsPolysomnography signals
2023
Polysomnographic predictors of incident diabetes and pre-diabetes: an analysis of the DREAM study.
Wojeck B, Inzucchi S, Qin L, Yaggi H. Polysomnographic predictors of incident diabetes and pre-diabetes: an analysis of the DREAM study. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2023, 19: 703-710. PMID: 36689314, PMCID: PMC10071389, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.10414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApnea-hypopnea indexBody mass indexIncident diabetesPolysomnographic predictorsMass indexOxygen saturationMean nocturnal oxygen saturationObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) evaluationObstructive sleep apnea populationEpworth Sleepiness Scale scoreSleep apnea populationGlucose-lowering medicationsNocturnal oxygen saturationSleep-disordered breathingIncidence of diabetesPeriodic limb movementsLaboratory-based polysomnographyCheyne-Stokes respirationSleep apnea severitySleep apnea evaluationIncident prediabetesOxygen desaturationCentral apneaHemoglobin A1cPrimary outcome