Influence of apnea vs hypopnea predominance in predicting mean therapeutic positive airway pressures among patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
J Clin Sleep Med 2021;
17:2171-2178. [PMID:
34666884 DOI:
10.5664/jcsm.9342]
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Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES
Lower therapeutic positive airway pressure (PAP) levels are associated with improved response to non-PAP therapies in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevailing notion that patients with apnea-predominant obstructive sleep apnea require higher therapeutic PAP levels compared to patients with hypopnea-predominant obstructive sleep apnea.
METHODS
An institutional review board-approved retrospective review was performed using strict inclusion criteria: presence of type I or III sleep study, apnea-hypopnea index > 10 events/h, and adherence to auto-adjusting continuous positive airway pressure. Patients were stratified by apnea (> 50% apneas) or hypopnea (≤ 50% apneas) predominance, and PAP data were compared. Statistical analyses were performed using Student's t test and linear regression modeling.
RESULTS
Between January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2020, 500 patients met inclusion criteria. Two hundred twenty-one (44.1%) patients were apnea-predominant and 279 (55.8%) were hypopnea-predominant. Apnea-predominant patients had a slightly greater mean PAP (9.01 vs 8.36, P = .002) than hypopnea-predominant patients. Univariable and multivariable linear regression of 7 variables (obstructive apnea percentage, age, sex, body mass index, apnea-hypopnea index, O2 nadir, mask type) showed obstructive apnea percentage was the weakest predictor of therapeutic PAP levels.
CONCLUSIONS
Apnea-predominant individuals demonstrated a clinically insignificant difference in PAP level compared to hypopnea-predominant individuals; moreover, obstructive apnea percentage was not a strong predictor of therapeutic PAP levels. Of the modeled variables, the strongest predictor of PAP level was apnea-hypopnea index. Further studies are needed to explore these relationships as well as additional variables that may contribute to predicting therapeutic PAP levels.
CITATION
Yu JL, Liu Y, Tangutur A, et al. Influence of apnea vs hypopnea predominance in predicting mean therapeutic positive airway pressures among patients with obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17(11):2171-2178.
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