Changes in sleep-disordered breathing and sleep characteristics
apnea-hypopnea, OSA, SDB
SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING
Although the number of patients with verified SDB increased at follow-up (16 vs. 22), the SDB status (yes/no) changed insignificantly: one patient with baseline SDB demonstrated no OSA at follow-up and 3 patients without baseline SDB demonstrated AHI ≥ 5 episodes/h at follow-up (
Changes in sleep-disordered breathing and sleep characteristicsSDB – sleep-disordered breathing, AHI – apnea-hypopnea index, REM sleep – rapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep – non-rapid eye movement sleep, WASO – wake after sleep onset, TST – total sleep timeThere were changes in sleep structure, including increase in the total duration of stage N2 and decrease in the total duration of stage N3.