Apnea–Hypopnea Event Duration Predicts Mortality in Men and Women in the Sleep Heart Health Study

P. Butler, Matthew; T. Emch, Jeffery; Rueschman, Michael; A. Sands, Scott; A. Shea, Steven; Wellman, Andrew; Redline, Susan

doi:10.1164/rccm.201804-0758oc

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Apnea–Hypopnea Event Duration Predicts Mortality in Men and Women in the Sleep Heart Health Study

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Oct 19, 2018

Authors:

Matthew P. Butler

Jeffery T. Emch

Michael Rueschman

Abstract

RATIONALE: Obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for mortality, but its diagnostic metric-the apnea-hypopnea index-is a poor risk predictor. The apnea-hypopnea index does not capture the range of physiological variability within and between patients, such as degree of hypoxemia and sleep fragment...

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Medicine

Sleep apnea

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