BASAN index (Body mass index, Age, Sex, Arterial hypertension and Neck circumference) predicts severe apnoea in adults living at high altitude.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)/hypopnoea syndrome is associated with serious and major multiorgan morbidities, particularly in its most severe forms. However, no severe OSA screening instruments are available for high altitude residents that enable adequate identification and clinical prioritisation of such patients. We aimed at developing a severe OSA prediction tool based on the clinical characteristics and anthropometric measurements of a clinical referral cohort living at 2640 m.a.s.l.

Design

Cohort-nested cross-sectional study.

Setting

Sleep laboratory for standard polysomnography (PSG) in Colombia.

Participants

A predictive model was generated from 8718 participants referred to the PSG laboratory. Results were subsequently validated in a second

SUBMITTER: Oliveros H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8231047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature