Effect of Obesity on the Respiratory Parameters in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Carolina Caliendo, Rossella Femiano, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, Stefano Martina, Ludovica Nucci, Letizia Perillo, Vincenzo Grassia

“…AHI was used to divide the severity of OSAS into four levels: snoring (AHI ≤ 1), mild (AHI > 1 and ≤5), moderate (AHI > 5 and <10), and severe (AHI ≥ 10). …”
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Targeted screening of at-risk adults for acute HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa by Sanders, E, Wahome, E, Powers, K, al., E

“…Patients with acute HIV-1 infection (AHI) have elevated infectivity, but cannot be diagnosed using antibody-based testing. …”

The Role of Cardiac Repolarization Index for Sudden Cardiac Death Risk in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome without any Systemic Disesae by Kezban Aslan, Durmus Yıldıray Şahin, Turgay Demir, Ahmet Evlice, Gülşah Seydaoğulları

“…Results: The patients were divided into to the following 4 groups; AHI (apnea-hypopnea index) ≤5, 5< AHI ≤15, 15< AHI <30, and AHI ≥30. …”
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When adherence to CPAP fails, how do we treat workers with obstructive sleep apnea? by Maria de Lourdes Rabelo Guimarães, Pedro Guimarães Azevedo, Sérgio Barros-Vieira, Maxime Elbaz, Damien Leger, Ana Paula Hermont

“…Results: After the treatment with MAD, 71.8% of patients presented a decrease ≥ 50% in the basal apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), 51.2% presented an AHI < 5 events/h and 83.3% reached an AHI<10/h, whereas 22.5% did not show any changes and 7.5% of the sample presented an increase in the AHI (p<0.05). …”
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Comparing the characteristics of positional and nonpositional sleep apnea patients among the Jordanian population by Khaled Al Oweidat, Ahmad A Toubasi, Asma S Albtoosh, Eyad Al-Mefleh, Manar M Hasuneh, Ahmed A Abdulelah, Rima A Sinan

“…Nonsupine sleep time, total AHI, rapid eye movement (REM) AHI, non-REM (NREM) AHI, supine AHI, nonsupine AHI, left and right AHI, mean oxyhemoglobin saturation (SpO2) awake, mean REM and NREM SpO2, SpO2 nadir, and time SpO2 below 90% were significantly lower among POSA patients. …”
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Association of Periodic Limb Movements and Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality by Andrey Zinchuk, Narat Srivali, Li Qin, Sangchoon Jeon, Ahmad Ibrahim, Scott A. Sands, Brian Koo, Henry K. Yaggi

“…Cox proportional hazards regression assessed the relationships between the AHI, periodic limb movement index (PLMI), and the AHI×PLMI interaction with the primary outcome. …”
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Effect of Intermittent Hypoxia on Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in the General Male Population by Jung-Yup Lee, Chan-Won Kim, Kyung-Chul Lee, Jae-Hyuk Lee, Sung-Hun Kang, Sung-Won Li, Kyubo Kim, Seok-Jin Hong

“…The subjects were divided into three groups by AHI (Apnea-hyponea index): normal group (AHI < 5), mild OSA group (5 ≤ AHI < 15), and moderate-severe OSA group (AHI ≥ 15). …”
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The association of upper airway anatomy with cognitive test performance: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Robin M. Nance, Alison E. Fohner, Robyn L. McClelland, Susan Redline, R. Nick Bryan, Annette Fitzpatrick, Mohamad Habes, WT Longstreth, Jr., Richard J. Schwab, Andrew S. Wiemken, Susan R. Heckbert

“…Larger soft palate volume was significantly associated with higher AHI (15% higher AHI (95% CI 2%,28%) per SD). Higher AHI was marginally associated with higher CASI score (0.43 (95% CI 0.01,0.85) per AHI doubling). …”
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Oxygen desaturation index as alternative parameter in screening patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea by Lalee Varghese, Grace Rebekah, Priya N, Ashwin Oliver, Regi Kurien

“…Results: Study showed significant correlation of ESS with AHI, ODI, apnea-hypopnea percentage of sleep period time (AH%SPT), mean SpO2 and minimum SpO2 with highest correlation being with AHI. …”
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Can drug-induced sleep endoscopy improve the success rates of tongue base surgery? by Jong-Gyun Ha, Youngwoo Lee, Jae Sung Nam, Jeong Jin Park, Joo-Heon Yoon, Chang-Hoon Kim, Hyung-Ju Cho

“…Surgical success was defined according to the Sher criteria (postoperative apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] < 20/h and ≥ 50% reduction in preoperative AHI), and AHI improvement (%) was defined as (preoperative AHI-postoperative AHI) × 100/preoperative AHI. …”
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The Effects of Bioimpedance Analysis Results and Upper Extremity Anthropometric Measurements on Grip Strength in Young Adults by Ahmet Uzun, Tufan Ulcay, Beyza Nur Demir, Esra Bayramoğlu Demirdöğen, Ozkan Gorgulu, Şeyma Karaosmanoğlu, Kenan Aycan, Emre Uğuz, Burcu Kamaşak

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Validation of an Overnight Wireless High-Resolution Oximeter plus Cloud-Based Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by George do Lago Pinheiro, Andrea Fonseca Cruz, Diego Munduruca Domingues, Pedro Rodrigues Genta, Luciano F. Drager, Patrick J. Strollo, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho

“…The results of PSG and ODM were compared by drawing parallels between the PSG-AHI3% and PSG-AHI4% with ODM-ODI3% and ODM-ODI4%, respectively. …”
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The Usefulness of ApneaLink as a Screening Test for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Young Bin Yun, Woo Yong Bae, Sangjun Kim, Young Gun Kim, Sang Hoo Park

“…Correlations of Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) and Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) in standard PSG with AHI and Risk Indicator (RI) in ApneaLinkTM were investigated. …”
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Long-Term Changes in Sleep Disordered Breathing in Renal Transplant Patients: Relevance of the BMI by Francesca Mallamaci, Rocco Tripepi, Graziella D’Arrigo, Gaetana Porto, Maria Carmela Versace, Carmela Marino, Maria Cristina Sanguedolce, Giovanni Tripepi, Carmine Zoccali

“…Sleep disordered breathing (SDB), as defined by the Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI), is a highly prevalent disturbance in end stage kidney disease. …”
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Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Buerger's Disease: a Pilot Study by Gholam Hosein Kazemzadeh, Ali Reza Bameshki, Iman Navvabi, Seyed Hosein Ahmadi Hoseini, Mehryar Taghavi Gilani

“…The prevalence of Obstructive sleep apnea (AHI>5) was 80%, but incidence of Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (AHI>5 + ESS≥10) was 5% (2/40). …”
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Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Sarcoidosis and Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Maurice Roeder, Noriane A. Sievi, Stefan Malesevic, Thomas Gaisl, Daniel Franzen, Malcolm Kohler

“…Results: 23 (40%) sarcoidosis patients had at least mild OSA (AHI ≥ 5), while 7 (12%) patients showed AHI ≥ 15/h. …”
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Correlation between Apnea Severity and Sagittal Cephalometric Features in a Population of Patients with Polysomnographically Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Matteo Pollis, Frank Lobbezoo, Ghizlane Aarab, Marco Ferrari, Rosario Marchese-Ragona, Daniele Manfredini

“…Then <i>t</i>-tests were performed to compare the values of all cephalometric variables between two AHI severity-based groups (mild-to-moderate = AHI ≤ 30; severe = AHI > 30). …”
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Copenhagen Syndrome Presenting With Low Back Pain: Case Report by Senem Şaş, Fatmanur Aybala Koçak, Emine Eda Kurt, Hatice Rana Erdem, Figen Tuncay, Zeynep Karakuzu Güngör

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Comparison of Manual and Automated Scoring Techniques in Polysomnography by Mehmet Aşık, Aslı Bostancı, Murat Turhan

“…Patients were divided into 4 groups according to the apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI): AHI<5 (normal), AHI 5-15 (mild OSA), AHI 15-30 (moderate OSA) and AHI>30 (severe OSA). …”
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Significance of Duration of Respiratory Events in Nocturnal Hypoxemia in Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by WANG Jianying, REN Shouan

“…The subjects were divided into three groups according to AHI of 5 times/h≤AHI&lt;15 times/h as the mild OSA group (n=56), 15 times/h≤AHI&lt;30 times/h as the moderate OSA group (n=62), AHI≥30 times/h as the severe OSA group (n=178). …”
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