Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices
Objective: Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are common disorders. Snoring associated with excessive daytime sleepiness is the most prevalent symptoms of OSA. Heart rate variability (HRV) is altered in patients with OSA and the degree of alteration may be linked to the severity of OSA. Alter...
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| description | Objective: Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are common disorders. Snoring associated with excessive daytime sleepiness is the most prevalent symptoms of OSA. Heart rate variability (HRV) is altered in patients with OSA and the degree of alteration may be linked to the severity of OSA. Alterations in HRV in 24 hour tachograms have recently been used in screening OSA patients. Autonomic components causing HRV can be reliably studied using spectral analysis techniques involving fast Fourier transformation (FFT). Methods: Twenty-three subjects, 13 with severe OSA and 10 controls matched for age and body mass index, were selected from patients who had undergone polysomnography (PSG) for snoring at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman. A 24- hour electrocardiogram (ECG) Holter recording was done at home, starting at 10am. Spectral analysis of ECG from sleep Holter and PSG recordings was analysed using fast Fourier transformation (FFT). Results: The ECG RR intervals of snorers with OSA were significantly shorter than in snorers without OSA (p<0.01). The low frequency (LF) spectral densities of HRV from polysomnography and Holter were significantly higher in OSA patients than in snorers, (p< 0.0001). The power spectral density of the high frequency bands was similar in the two groups. The overnight ECG Holter accurately identified all 13 snorers with severe OSA. Conclusion: The spectral power of the LF band obtained using FFT of sleep HRV from Holter tachograms may be a useful and cost effective test in identifying snorers with severe OSA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ff1fae5936640219551e8dea7da86b12022-12-22T03:08:42ZengSultan Qaboos UniversitySultan Qaboos University Medical Journal2075-051X2075-05282008-03-018121251246Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability IndicesOmar Al Rawas0Bazdawi Al-Riyami1Christopher Goddard2Mohammed O Hassan3Departments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanDepartments of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanDepartments of Medical Physics Unit, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanDepartments of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanObjective: Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are common disorders. Snoring associated with excessive daytime sleepiness is the most prevalent symptoms of OSA. Heart rate variability (HRV) is altered in patients with OSA and the degree of alteration may be linked to the severity of OSA. Alterations in HRV in 24 hour tachograms have recently been used in screening OSA patients. Autonomic components causing HRV can be reliably studied using spectral analysis techniques involving fast Fourier transformation (FFT). Methods: Twenty-three subjects, 13 with severe OSA and 10 controls matched for age and body mass index, were selected from patients who had undergone polysomnography (PSG) for snoring at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman. A 24- hour electrocardiogram (ECG) Holter recording was done at home, starting at 10am. Spectral analysis of ECG from sleep Holter and PSG recordings was analysed using fast Fourier transformation (FFT). Results: The ECG RR intervals of snorers with OSA were significantly shorter than in snorers without OSA (p<0.01). The low frequency (LF) spectral densities of HRV from polysomnography and Holter were significantly higher in OSA patients than in snorers, (p< 0.0001). The power spectral density of the high frequency bands was similar in the two groups. The overnight ECG Holter accurately identified all 13 snorers with severe OSA. Conclusion: The spectral power of the LF band obtained using FFT of sleep HRV from Holter tachograms may be a useful and cost effective test in identifying snorers with severe OSA.https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1318obstructive sleep apneaheart rate variability. |
| spellingShingle | Omar Al Rawas Bazdawi Al-Riyami Christopher Goddard Mohammed O Hassan Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal obstructive sleep apnea heart rate variability. |
| title | Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices |
| title_full | Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices |
| title_fullStr | Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices |
| title_short | Screening of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea using Heart Rate Variability Indices |
| title_sort | screening of patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea using heart rate variability indices |
| topic | obstructive sleep apnea heart rate variability. |
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