Association Between Smoking Behavior and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To systematically review the association between smoking behavior and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Aims and methods

PubMed, Medline, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Scopus databases were used to conduct this review. The two researchers independently screened the literatures, conducted the quality assessment, and data extraction according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The RevMan 5.3 was used to analysis the apnea hypopnea index (AHI) index, min saturation of oxyhemoglobin (SaO2), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score, and oxygen desaturation index (DOI) and publication bias analysis to assess the effect of smoking on OSA patients. Furthermore, we performed subgroup of the severity of OSA, different countries of sample origin (western countries or ea

SUBMITTER: Zeng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9910143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature