TO DETERMINE CORRELATION BETWEEN ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND HYPOPNEA SYNDROME IN GENERAL POPULATION.

Dr. Kshitiz Sharan; Dr. Nishant Srivastava; Dr. Lokendra Dave; Dr. T. N. Dubey; Dr. Soniya Saxena

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

TO DETERMINE CORRELATION BETWEEN ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND HYPOPNEA SYNDROME IN GENERAL POPULATION.

Dr. Kshitiz Sharan, Dr. Nishant Srivastava, Dr. Lokendra Dave, Dr. T. N. Dubey, Dr. Soniya Saxena

Abstract :

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome has many ill effects on health. Anthropometric measurements like body mass index, neck circumference ,waist circumference can be used to predict the risk of obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome in general population. Aim and Objectives: To determine correlation between Anthropometric measurements with obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome in general population. Material and methods: Observational study of 100 participants, aged between 13 and 85 years; who were healthy attendants of patients presenting to Hamidia hospital from 1^stDecember 2015 to 31^st May 2017 They underwent full night polysomnography and anthropometric measurements. Pregnant ladies, hypothyroid participants, alcoholics and persons with enlarged tonsil and adenoids were excluded. Results: Of the 100 participants 21 had normal AHI,32 had mild AHI,23 moderate AHI,24 severe AHI. 22 out 26 (84.61%) obese participants had severe AHI . Of the 29 participants who had neck circumference upto 34.9cm,12(41.37%),10(34.48%),4(13.79%) and 3(10.34%) had normal, mild, moderate and severe apnea hypopnea index respectively. Of the total 29 male participants who had waist circumference less than 102 cm;9(31.03%),8(27.58%),8(27.58%), and 4(13.79%) had normal, mild, moderate and severe apnea hypopnea index respectively. Of the total 10 female participants who had waist circumference less than 88 cm;5(5%),3(3%),1(1%), and 1(1%) had normal, mild, moderate and severe apnea hypopnea index respectively and same values of apnea hypopnea index for participants with waist circumference greater than 88 cm(total 35) was 6(17.14%),13(37.14%),8(22.85%) and8(22.85%) respectively with a p value of 0.184. Conclusion: Increasing body mass index and neck circumference was significantly associated with increasing severity of Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome. However increasing waist circumference was significantly associated with increasing severity of Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome only in males and not in females. Increasing body mass index was associated with increasing severity of snoring.