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Journal Article
Dynamic Upper Airway Imaging during Wakefulness in Obese Subjects with and without Sleep Apnea
2018
Overview
Obesity is a major risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea. Although greater dimensional changes in the upper airway during wake respiration have been noted in patients with apnea compared with control subjects, whether these differences remain in the presence of obesity is unknown.
To evaluate upper airway anatomic characteristics and airway compliance (distensibility) in obese subjects with obstructive sleep apnea compared with obese control subjects.
Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging was performed in 157 obese subjects with apnea and 46 obese control subjects during wakefulness in the midsagittal and three axial upper airway regions (retropalatal, retroglossal, epiglottal). Differences in measurements between subjects with apnea and control subjects, and correlations with apnea-hypopnea index among subjects with apnea, were examined.
Measurements included airway areas and linear dimensions. Subject-specific coefficients of variation were calculated to examine variability in airway size. Controlling for covariates, the retropalatal area during respiration was significantly smaller in subjects with apnea than control subjects, based on the average (P = 0.003), maximum (P = 0.004), and minimum (P = 0.001) airway area. Airway narrowing was observed in anteroposterior and lateral dimensions (adjusted P < 0.05). Results were similar in an age, sex, and body mass index-matched subsample. There were significant correlations between apnea-hypopnea index and dynamic measures of airway caliber in the retropalatal and retroglossal regions among subjects with apnea.
Upper airway caliber during respiration was significantly narrower in obese subjects with apnea than obese control subjects in the retropalatal region. These findings provide further evidence that retropalatal airway narrowing plays an important role in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea in obese subjects.
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Subject
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
/ Male
/ NMR
/ Obesity
/ Original
/ Pharynx - diagnostic imaging
/ Respiratory System - diagnostic imaging
/ Respiratory System - physiopathology
/ Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications
/ Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - physiopathology
