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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

DOI

10.3906/sag-1105-55

Abstract

To evaluate the cephalometric features of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and to elucidate the relationship between the severity of OSAS and cephalometric and clinical variables. Materials and methods: Ninety-three patients (71M/22W) with OSAS were classified into 3 subgroups according to the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). Various cephalometric and clinical measurements were carried out for all patients. Results: Inferior airway space (IAS), maximum soft palate thickness (MSPT), SNGoGn°, and distance of hyoid bone to mandibular plane (Hy-MPPerp) were found to be higher in severe OSAS for both sexes. Middle airway space, IAS, MSPT, and Hy-MPPerp were correlated positively with AHI; however, superior airway space (SAS) was correlated negatively. In the stepwise regression analysis, mean SaO2, neck circumferences for men, and mean SaO2 and uvula length (PNS-PA) for women were included in the model to estimate AHI properties. Conclusion: The values of IAS, MSPT, SNGoGn°, and Hy-MPPerp showed a tendency to increase with the severity of OSAS. Although the cephalometric variables used to estimate OSAS severity had no effect in men, PNS-PA was found to have an influence in women. However, it is thought that it is difficult to use cephalometric variables to estimate AHI severity in both sexes.

Keywords

Cephalometry, OSAS, AHI, polysomnography

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