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Menopause Is Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Population-Based Sample from Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, Germany
- Objective: Menopause is associated with multiple health risks. In several studies, a higher incidence or a higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in post-menopausal than pre-menopausal women is reported. This study was designed to verify such a connection between menopause and OSA in a population-based sample. Methods: For a subsample (N = 1209) of the Study of Health in Pomerania (N = 4420), complete polysomnography data was available. Of these, 559 females completed a structured interview about their menstrual cycle. Splines and ordinal regression analysis were used to analyze the resulting data. Results: In the ordinal regression analysis, a significant association between the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) and menopause indicated that post-menopausal women had a substantially higher risk of OSA. In accordance with previous studies, risk indicators such as body mass index (BMI), age, and the influence of hysterectomies or total oophorectomies were included in the model. Conclusions: Our results clearly confirmed the assumed connection between menopause and OSA. This is important because OSA is most often associated with male patients, and it warrants further research into the underlying mechanisms.
Author: | Markus Krüger, Anne Obst, Till IttermannORCiD, Olaf Bernhardt, Tatyana Ivanovska, Marek Zygmunt, Ralf EwertORCiD, Ingo Fietze, Thomas Penzel, Reiner Biffar, Amro Daboul |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-82718 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12062101 |
ISSN: | 2077-0383 |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first Publication: | 2023/03/07 |
Release Date: | 2024/03/01 |
Tag: | AHI; BMI; OSA; apnea-hypopnea index; body mass index; menopause; menstrual cycle; obstructive sleep apnea; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; ordinal regression; polysomnography; sleep apnea; sleep-disordered breathing; splines; study of health in Pomerania (SHIP) |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 6 |
Article Number: | 2101 |
Page Number: | 10 |
Faculties: | Universitätsmedizin / Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde |
Collections: | Artikel aus DFG-gefördertem Publikationsfonds |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 International |