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Goldschmied JR, Lacourse K, Maislin G, Delfrate J, Gehrman P, Pack FM, Staley B, Pack AI, Younes M, Kuna ST, Warby SC. Spindles are highly heritable as identified by different spindle detectors. Sleep 2021; 44:5963958. [PMID: 33165618 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Sleep spindles, a defining feature of stage N2 sleep, are maximal at central electrodes and are found in the frequency range of the electroencephalogram (EEG) (sigma 11-16 Hz) that is known to be heritable. However, relatively little is known about the heritability of spindles. Two recent studies investigating the heritability of spindles reported moderate heritability, but with conflicting results depending on scalp location and spindle type. The present study aimed to definitively assess the heritability of sleep spindle characteristics. METHODS We utilized the polysomnography data of 58 monozygotic and 40 dizygotic same-sex twin pairs to identify heritable characteristics of spindles at C3/C4 in stage N2 sleep including density, duration, peak-to-peak amplitude, and oscillation frequency. We implemented and tested a variety of spindle detection algorithms and used two complementary methods of estimating trait heritability. RESULTS We found robust evidence to support strong heritability of spindles regardless of detector method (h2 > 0.8). However not all spindle characteristics were equally heritable, and each spindle detection method produced a different pattern of results. CONCLUSIONS The sleep spindle in stage N2 sleep is highly heritable, but the heritability differs for individual spindle characteristics and depends on the spindle detector used for analysis.
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- YRT Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Sleep Disorders Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, QC, Canada
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Xu L, Keenan BT, Maislin D, Gislason T, Benediktsdóttir B, Gudmundsdóttir S, Gardarsdottir M, Staley B, Pack FM, Guo X, Feng Y, Chahwala J, Manaktala P, Hussein A, Reddy-Koppula M, Hashmath Z, Lee J, Townsend RR, Schwab RJ, Pack AI, Kuna ST, Chirinos JA. Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Cardiac Remodeling as Assessed by Cardiac Biomarker and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Nonobese and Obese Adults. Hypertension 2021; 77:980-992. [PMID: 33461313 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.15882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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It is unknown whether obesity modifies the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on cardiac remodeling and NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) levels. We compared NT-proBNP and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in adults without OSA (n=56) and nonobese (n=73; body mass index <30 kg/m2) and obese (n=136; body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) adults with OSA. We also investigated these traits in nonobese (n=45) and obese (n=78) participants with OSA adherent to 4 months of PAP treatment. At baseline, left ventricular mass to end-diastolic volume ratio, a measure of left ventricular concentricity, was greater in both nonobese and obese participants with OSA compared with those without OSA. Participants with OSA and obesity exhibited reduced phasic right atrial function. No significant differences in baseline NT-proBNP were observed across groups. The effect of PAP treatment on NT-proBNP and left atrial volume index was significantly modified by obesity. In nonobese participants, PAP therapy was associated with a decrease in NT-proBNP (P<0.0001) without a change in left atrial volume index, whereas in obese participants, PAP was associated with an increase in left atrial volume index (P=0.006) without a change in NT-proBNP. OSA was associated with left ventricular concentric remodeling independent of obesity and right atrial dysfunction in participants who were obese. PAP treatment was associated with reduced NT-proBNP in nonobese participants with OSA, but left atrial enlargement in obese participants with OSA, suggesting that PAP-induced reduction in BNP release (which is known to occur during obstructive apnea episodes) may lead to volume retention in obese participants with OSA. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01578031.
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- Liyue Xu
- From the Sleep Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China (L.X.).,Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Sleep Department, Landspitali (T.G., B.B., S.G.), The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (T.G., B.B.)
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- Sleep Department, Landspitali (T.G., B.B., S.G.), The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (T.G., B.B.)
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- Sleep Department, Landspitali (T.G., B.B., S.G.), The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China (Y.F.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division (R.R.T.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine (L.X., B.T.K., D.M., B.S., F.M.P., X.G., R.J.S., A.I.P., S.T.K.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.,Sleep Medicine Section, Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia (S.T.K.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.C., PM., A.H., M.R.-K., Z.H., J.L., J.A.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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Rizzatti FG, Mazzotti DR, Mindel J, Maislin G, Keenan BT, Bittencourt L, Chen NH, Cistulli PA, McArdle N, Pack FM, Singh B, Sutherland K, Benediktsdottir B, Fietze I, Gislason T, Lim DC, Penzel T, Sanner B, Han F, Li QY, Schwab R, Tufik S, Pack AI, Magalang UJ. Defining Extreme Phenotypes of OSA Across International Sleep Centers. Chest 2020; 158:1187-1197. [PMID: 32304773 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.03.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Extreme phenotypes of OSA have not been systematically defined. RESEARCH QUESTION This study developed objective definitions of extreme phenotypes of OSA by using a multivariate approach. The utility of these definitions for identifying characteristics that confer predisposition toward or protection against OSA is shown in a new prospective sample. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS In a large international sample, race-specific liability scores were calculated from a weighted logistic regression that included age, sex, and BMI. Extreme cases were defined as individuals with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 30 events/hour but low likelihood of OSA based on age, sex, and BMI (liability scores > 90th percentile). Similarly, extreme controls were individuals with an AHI < 5 events/hour but high likelihood of OSA (liability scores < 10th percentile). Definitions were applied to a prospective sample from the Sleep Apnea Global Interdisciplinary Consortium, and differences in photography-based craniofacial and intraoral phenotypes were evaluated. RESULTS This study included retrospective data from 81,338 individuals. A total of 4,168 extreme cases and 1,432 extreme controls were identified by using liability scores. Extreme cases were younger (43.1 ± 14.7 years), overweight (28.6 ± 6.8 kg/m2), and predominantly female (71.1%). Extreme controls were older (53.8 ± 14.1 years), obese (34.0 ± 8.1 kg/m2), and predominantly male (65.8%). These objective definitions identified 29 extreme cases and 87 extreme controls among 1,424 Sleep Apnea Global Interdisciplinary Consortium participants with photography-based phenotyping. Comparisons suggest that a greater cervicomental angle increases risk for OSA in the absence of clinical risk factors, and smaller facial widths are protective in the presence of clinical risk factors. INTERPRETATION This objective definition can be applied in sleep centers throughout the world to consistently define OSA extreme phenotypes for future studies on genetic, anatomic, and physiologic pathways to OSA.
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- Fabiola G Rizzatti
- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Sleep Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland; Medical Faculty, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Sleep Medicine, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Sleep Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland; Medical Faculty, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Sleep Medicine, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany; Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Agaplesion Bethesda Krankenhaus Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; Neuroscience Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
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Keenan BT, Kirchner HL, Veatch OJ, Borthwick KM, Davenport VA, Feemster JC, Gendy M, Gossard TR, Pack FM, Sirikulvadhana L, Teigen LN, Timm PC, Malow BA, Morgenthaler TI, Zee PC, Pack AI, Robishaw JD, Derose SF. Multisite validation of a simple electronic health record algorithm for identifying diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med 2020; 16:175-183. [PMID: 31992429 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES We examined the performance of a simple algorithm to accurately distinguish cases of diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and noncases using the electronic health record (EHR) across six health systems in the United States. METHODS Retrospective analysis of EHR data was performed. The algorithm defined cases as individuals with ≥ 2 instances of specific International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and/or ICD-10 diagnostic codes (327.20, 327.23, 327.29, 780.51, 780.53, 780.57, G4730, G4733 and G4739) related to sleep apnea on separate dates in their EHR. Noncases were defined by the absence of these codes. Using chart reviews on 120 cases and 100 noncases at each site (n = 1,320 total), positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated. RESULTS The algorithm showed excellent performance across sites, with a PPV (95% confidence interval) of 97.1 (95.6, 98.2) and NPV of 95.5 (93.5, 97.0). Similar performance was seen at each site, with all NPV and PPV estimates ≥ 90% apart from a somewhat lower PPV of 87.5 (80.2, 92.8) at one site. A modified algorithm of ≥ 3 instances improved PPV to 94.9 (88.5, 98.3) at this site, but excluded an additional 18.3% of cases. Thus, performance may be further improved by requiring additional codes, but this reduces the number of determinate cases. CONCLUSIONS A simple EHR-based case-identification algorithm for diagnosed OSA showed excellent predictive characteristics in a multisite sample from the United States. Future analyses should be performed to understand the effect of undiagnosed disease in EHR-defined noncases. This algorithm has wide-ranging applications for EHR-based OSA research.
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- Brendan T Keenan
- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Co-lead authors
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- Biomedical and Translational Informatics, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania.,Co-lead authors
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Sleep Disorders Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Biomedical and Translational Informatics, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania
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- Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California
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- Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Sleep Disorders Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.,Joint senior authors
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- Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California.,Joint senior authors
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Kuna ST, Townsend RR, Keenan BT, Maislin D, Gislason T, Benediktsdóttir B, Gudmundsdóttir S, Arnardóttir ES, Sifferman A, Staley B, Pack FM, Guo X, Schwab RJ, Maislin G, Chirinos JA, Pack AI. Blood pressure response to treatment of obese vs non-obese adults with sleep apnea. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2019; 21:1580-1590. [PMID: 31532580 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Many patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but not all, have a reduction in blood pressure (BP) with positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment. Our objective was to determine whether the BP response following PAP treatment is related to obesity. A total of 188 adults with OSA underwent 24-hour BP monitoring and 24-hour urinary norepinephrine collection at baseline. Obesity was assessed by waist circumference, body mass index, and abdominal visceral fat volume. Participants adherent to PAP treatment were reassessed after 4 months. Primary outcomes were 24-hour mean arterial pressure (MAP) and 24-hour urinary norepinephrine level. Obstructive sleep apnea participants had a significant reduction in 24-hour MAP following PAP treatment (-1.22 [95% CI: -2.38, -0.06] mm Hg; P = .039). No significant correlations were present with any of the 3 obesity measures for BP or urinary norepinephrine measures at baseline in all OSA participants or for changes in BP measures in participants adherent to PAP treatment. Changes in BP measures following treatment were not correlated with baseline or change in urinary norepinephrine. Similar results were obtained when BP or urinary norepinephrine measures were compared between participants dichotomized using the sex-specific median of each obesity measure. Greater reductions in urinary norepinephrine were correlated with higher waist circumference (rho = -0.21, P = .037), with a greater decrease from baseline in obese compared to non-obese participants (-6.26 [-8.82, -3.69] vs -2.14 [-4.63, 0.35] ng/mg creatinine; P = .027). The results indicate that the BP response to PAP treatment in adults with OSA is not related to obesity or urinary norepinephrine levels.
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- Samuel T Kuna
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Sleep Medicine Section, Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Sleep Department, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Sleep Department, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Sleep Department, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Internal Medicine Services, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Biomedical Statistical Consulting, Wynnewood, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Kuna ST, Townsend RR, Keenan B, Maislin D, Sif Arnardottir E, Gislason T, Benediktsdottir B, Gudmundsdottir S, Sifferman A, Staley B, Pack FM, Guo X, Maislin G, Chirinos J, Pack AI. 0520 Blood Pressure Effects of Positive Airway Pressure Treatment in Obese and Non-obese Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- S T Kuna
- Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Kuna ST, Tanayapong P, Maislin G, Staley B, Pack FM, Pack AI, Younes M. 0211 Odds Ratio Product: A Measure of Sleep Homeostasis Following Prolonged Wakefulness. Sleep 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy061.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- S T Kuna
- Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA
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Kim J, Mohler ER, Keenan BT, Maislin D, Arnardottir ES, Gislason T, Benediktsdottir B, Gudmundsdottir S, Sifferman A, Staley B, Pack FM, Maislin G, Chirinos JA, Townsend RR, Pack AI, Kuna ST. Carotid Artery Wall Thickness in Obese and Nonobese Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Before and Following Positive Airway Pressure Treatment. Sleep 2018; 40:4037435. [PMID: 28934533 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Study objectives Debate persists as to whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to compare carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), an early sign of atherosclerosis, in obese and nonobese adults with OSA before and following positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment. Methods A total of 206 adults newly diagnosed with OSA with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 15-75 events/hour and 53 controls with AHI <10 were studied. Waist circumference was used to classify participants as obese and nonobese. Bilateral common carotid artery B-mode ultrasound was performed at baseline to assess IMT, arterial diameter, arterial-wall mass, and circumferential wall stress. Measurements were repeated in 118 participants with OSA who completed a 4-month PAP treatment and had an average daily use over that period of ≥4 hours/day. Results No significant differences in carotid IMT, diameter, or arterial-wall mass were present at baseline between participants with OSA and controls stratified by waist circumference, after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors. In participants with OSA, who had adequate PAP adherence over the 4-month treatment, carotid artery diameter significantly increased (mean change [95% confidence interval] = 0.13 [0.06, 0.20] mm; p = .0004), but no significant changes in carotid IMT, arterial-wall mass, and circumferential stress were observed in obese and nonobese participants. Conclusions Regardless of obesity status, carotid IMT is not increased in adults with moderate to severe OSA versus controls and does not change following 4 months of PAP treatment.
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- Jinyoung Kim
- School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Section of Vascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Division of Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Section of Vascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Division of Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Division of Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Gao X, Azarbarzin A, Keenan BT, Ostrowski M, Pack FM, Staley B, Maislin G, Pack AI, Younes M, Kuna ST. Heritability of Heart Rate Response to Arousals in Twins. Sleep 2018; 40:3738286. [PMID: 28431171 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Objectives To determine if the large and highly reproducible interindividual differences in arousal intensity and heart rate response to arousal (ΔHR) during non-REM sleep are heritable. Methods Polysomnograms of 55 monozygotic (14 male and 41 female pairs) and 36 dizygotic (15 male and 21 female pairs) same-sex twin pairs were analyzed. Arousals were scored using the 2012 American Academy of Sleep Medicine criteria. Arousal intensity was scaled (between 0 and 9) using an automatic algorithm based on the change in electroencephalogram time and frequency characteristics. The ΔHR was determined at each arousal. We calculated average arousal duration, average arousal intensity, average overall ΔHR, average ΔHR at a given arousal intensity, slope of ΔHR per arousal intensity, and arousal intensity threshold of ΔHR. Results The intraclass correlations among monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs were 0.663 and 0.146, respectively, for average arousal intensity, and 0.449 and 0, respectively, for arousal intensity threshold of ΔHR controlling for age, sex, and race. These values imply large broad sense heritability (H2) for these traits. This evidence was confirmed by a robust maximum likelihood-based variance components estimation approach, with an additive genetic heritability of 0.64 (95% confidence interval: 0.48 to 0.80) for average arousal intensity and a combined additive and dominance genetic heritability and of 0.46 (0.25 to 0.68) for arousal intensity threshold of ΔHR. Results also suggested significant additive genetic effects for average arousal duration, ΔHR at arousal intensity scale 4 and the overall average ΔHR. Conclusion Genetic factors explain a significant fraction of the phenotypic variability for average arousal intensity and arousal intensity threshold of ΔHR. Results suggest that the duration of arousals and specific average ΔHR values may also be heritable traits. Clinical trial registration NCT02827461.
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- Xiaoling Gao
- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Respiration, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- YRT Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Sleep Disorders Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.,Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Rizzatti FG, Mazzotti DR, Maislin G, Keenan B, Mindel J, Pack FM, Sutherland K, Cistulli P, Singh B, McArdle N, Chen N, Pack AI, Bittencourt L, Tufik S, Magalang U. 0460 DEFINING OSA EXTREME PHENOTYPES ACROSS THE WORLD: A SLEEP APNEA GLOBAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSORTIUM EFFORT. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Kim J, Mohler ER, Keenan BT, Maislin D, Arnardottir ES, Gislason T, Benediktsdottir B, Sifferman A, Staley B, Pack FM, Maislin G, Chirinos JA, Pack AI, Kuna ST. 0519 CAROTID ARTERY WALL THICKNESS IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA BEFORE AND FOLLOWING POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE TREATMENT. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Morales CR, Hurley S, Wick LC, Staley B, Pack FM, Gooneratne NS, Maislin G, Pack A, Gurubhagavatula I. In-home, self-assembled sleep studies are useful in diagnosing sleep apnea in the elderly. Sleep 2012; 35:1491-501. [PMID: 23115398 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common and treatable among the elderly. Yet, few older adults seek evaluation for OSA at sleep disorders centers. The authors assessed the feasibility of a two-stage screening procedure for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in a community-based sample of older adults. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Participants' domicile (in-home) and academic sleep research center. PARTICIPANTS There were 452 Medicare recipients residing in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area with the complaint of daytime sleepiness. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS All participants underwent in-home unattended sleep studies that recorded airflow, and standard in-laboratory polysomnography. Additional measures included symptoms of sleep apnea, body mass index, neck circumference, age, and sex. When comparing diagnostic approaches, the best-performing single-stage model was one that combined apnea symptoms with age and neck circumference. This model had an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.774 and negative posttest probability of 1.2%. The best-performing two-stage model combined symptoms, neck circumference, age, and sex in the first stage, followed by an unattended portable study with a corresponding AUC of 0.85 and negative posttest probability of 0.5%. CONCLUSIONS Unattended, self-assembled, in-home sleep studies recording airflow and respiratory effort are most useful if applied in tandem with clinical data, including a carefully obtained sleep history. This two-stage model is accurate in identifying severe OSAS in older adults and represents a practical diagnostic approach for older adults. Incorporating clinical data was vital and increased accuracy well above that of unattended studies of airflow and effort alone.
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- Christian R Morales
- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Kuna ST, Maislin G, Pack FM, Staley B, Hachadoorian R, Coccaro EF, Pack AI. Heritability of performance deficit accumulation during acute sleep deprivation in twins. Sleep 2012; 35:1223-33. [PMID: 22942500 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine if the large and highly reproducible interindividual differences in rates of performance deficit accumulation during sleep deprivation, as determined by the number of lapses on a sustained reaction time test, the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT), arise from a heritable trait. DESIGN Prospective, observational cohort study. SETTING Academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS There were 59 monozygotic (mean age 29.2 ± 6.8 [SD] yr; 15 male and 44 female pairs) and 41 dizygotic (mean age 26.6 ± 7.6 yr; 15 male and 26 female pairs) same-sex twin pairs with a normal polysomnogram. INTERVENTIONS Thirty-eight hr of monitored, continuous sleep deprivation. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Patients performed the 10-min PVT every 2 hr during the sleep deprivation protocol. The primary outcome was change from baseline in square root transformed total lapses (response time ≥ 500 ms) per trial. Patient-specific linear rates of performance deficit accumulation were separated from circadian effects using multiple linear regression. Using the classic approach to assess heritability, the intraclass correlation coefficients for accumulating deficits resulted in a broad sense heritability (h(2)) estimate of 0.834. The mean within-pair and among-pair heritability estimates determined by analysis of variance-based methods was 0.715. When variance components of mixed-effect multilevel models were estimated by maximum likelihood estimation and used to determine the proportions of phenotypic variance explained by genetic and nongenetic factors, 51.1% (standard error = 8.4%, P < 0.0001) of twin variance was attributed to combined additive and dominance genetic effects. CONCLUSION Genetic factors explain a large fraction of interindividual variance among rates of performance deficit accumulations on PVT during sleep deprivation.
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- Samuel T Kuna
- Department of Medicine and Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in older adults. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study assessing multiple risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in older subjects (mean age, 78 years; range 65-98 years) with (n=149) and without (n=144) complaints of frequent excessive daytime sleepiness. Assessment of risk factors included full in-laboratory sleep studies. RESULTS Excessive sleepiness among the elderly is multifactorial. Multivariable modeling identified the following as simultaneously significant risk factors for excessive sleepiness: severe sleep-disordered breathing (apnea-hypopnea index, >30 episodes/hr), self-report of poor sleep quality, increased percentage of time in rapid eye movement sleep, pain at night at least three times per week, wheezing or whistling from chest at night, and medications with sleepiness as a side effect. Male sex also was associated with increased risk, whereas alcohol use (more than seven beverages per week) reduced the risk for sleepiness. Multiple risk factors were more commonly present in those with complaints of sleepiness. The presence of periodic limb movements, which are common in older adults, was not associated with sleepiness. INTERPRETATION There is a distinct differential diagnosis of excessive daytime sleepiness in older adults. Many of the risk factors that we identified are treatable.
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- Allan I Pack
- Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403, USA.
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Pack AI, Maislin G, Staley B, Pack FM, Rogers WC, George CFP, Dinges DF. Impaired performance in commercial drivers: role of sleep apnea and short sleep duration. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 174:446-54. [PMID: 16690976 PMCID: PMC2648121 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200408-1146oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sleepiness plays an important role in major crashes of commercial vehicles. Because determinants are likely to include inadequate sleep and sleep apnea, we evaluated the role of short sleep durations over 1 wk at home and sleep apnea in subjective sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale), objective sleepiness (reduced sleep latency as determined by the Multiple Sleep Latency Test), and neurobehavioral functioning (lapses in performance, tracking error in Divided Attention Driving Task) in commercial drivers. Studies were conducted in 247 of 551 drivers at higher risk for apnea and in 159 of 778 drivers at lower risk. A multivariate linear association between the sets of outcomes and risk factors was confirmed (p < 0.0001). Increases in subjective sleepiness were associated with shorter sleep durations but not with increases in severity of apnea. Increases in objective sleepiness and performance lapses, as well as poorer lane tracking, were associated with shorter sleep durations. Associations with sleep apnea severity were not as robust and not strictly monotonic. A significant linear association with sleep apnea was demonstrated only for reduced sleep latency. The effects of severe apnea (apnea-hypopnea index, at least 30 episodes/h), which occurred in 4.7%, and of sleep duration less than 5 h/night, which occurred in 13.5%, were similar in terms of their impact on objective sleepiness. Thus, addressing impairment in commercial drivers requires addressing both insufficient sleep and sleep apnea, the former being more common.
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- Allan I Pack
- Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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OBJECTIVES To describe the effect of self-reported excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) on functional outcomes. DESIGN Case-control study designed to examine differences in functional status between cases (with daytime sleepiness) and controls (no daytime sleepiness) with regard to demographic factors, general health, sleep history, and medications. SETTING Retirement communities in southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. PARTICIPANTS Seventy-six nondepressed, nondemented adults, aged 65 and older, were cases (had daytime sleepiness) and 38 were controls (had no daytime sleepiness). MEASUREMENTS Standardized questionnaires to assess disease-specific functional status (Functional Outcomes of Sleepiness Questionnaire (FOSQ) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)), depression (Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale), dementia (Short Blessed Test), demographic factors, current medical history, and sleep complaints. RESULTS There was a significant difference in functional status between sleepy cases and nonsleepy controls. Sleepiness had a moderate to large negative effect (effect size range from 0.59 to 0.83, P <.005) on the following functional domains of the FOSQ: social outcome, general productivity, vigilance, activity level, and global assessment of functional status. Correlation between ESS and FOSQ subscales were -0.31 to -0.67, P <.05. Examination of cases with daytime sleepiness revealed increased functional impairment in individuals with more than three medical conditions or those taking more than four medications (P <.001 and P =.03, respectively). CONCLUSION Daytime sleepiness is associated with functional impairments in a broad range of activities. The decrease in daily functioning noted in the sleepy subjects has implications for deconditioning and related comorbidity. These findings suggest that exploration of daytime sleepiness should be part of the ongoing assessment of the elderly, particularly those with multiple medical conditions.
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- Nalaka S Gooneratne
- Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
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Recent work in young and middle-aged subjects suggests that melatonin levels in saliva may represent a viable alternative to serum melatonin measurement. We hypothesized that it may be a valid measure of melatonin levels in older adults as well, but features unique to the elderly may limit its utility. To study this, subjects were admitted to an academic medical center where saliva and serum specimens were collected concurrently in dim light conditions during a 14-hr overnight study period and analyzed for melatonin levels with radioimmunoassays (RIAs). Eighty-five subjects over the age of 65 with a broad range of medical conditions participated in the study. Subjects with dementia, depression and anemia were excluded. We found that saliva volume was inadequate for analysis (<200 microL) in 23.6% of specimens, with the majority of inadequate volume specimens occurring after midnight and inadequate specimens occurring more frequently in females than in males. The correlation coefficient for saliva melatonin and serum melatonin was r = 0.659 (Spearman, P < 0.001), and r = 0.466 for saliva dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) and serum DLMO. Saliva melatonin levels were 30.9% of serum melatonin levels, with a wide range of ratios noted between subjects. Overall melatonin levels influenced both the correlation and ratio of saliva melatonin to serum melatonin; higher correlations and lower ratios were noted when melatonin levels were high. Saliva specimens provide an economical and practical method for melatonin assessment, however, in older adults, issues such as hyposalivation and low melatonin levels limit the feasibility and validity, respectively, of saliva melatonin.
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- Nalaka S Gooneratne
- Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
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