Gender-specific cephalometric features related to obesity in sleep apnea patients: trilogy of soft palate-mandible-hyoid bone
- Title
- Gender-specific cephalometric features related to obesity in sleep apnea patients: trilogy of soft palate-mandible-hyoid bone
- Author
- 황경균
- Keywords
- Central obesity; Cephalometry; Gender; Sleep disorders; Airway
- Issue Date
- 2019-12
- Publisher
- SPRINGEROPEN
- Citation
- Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, v. 41, no. 1, article no. 58
- Abstract
- Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between gender-specific and obesity-related airway anatomy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by using cephalometric analyses.
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 206 patients with suspected OSA undergoing polysomnography and anthropometric measurements such as body mass index, neck circumference, and waist-hip ratio. We checked lateral cephalometry to measure tissue landmarks including angle from A point to nasion to B point (ANB), soft palate length (SPL), soft palate thickness (SPT), retropalatal space (RPS), retrolingual space (RLS), and mandibular plane to hyoid (MPH).
Results: Male with OSA showed significantly increased SPL (P = .006) compared with controls. SPL and MPH had significant correlation with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and central obesity. Female with OSA showed significantly increased ANB (P = .013) and SPT (P = .004) compared with controls. The receiver operating characteristic curves revealed that SPT in male and ANB and SPT in female were significant in model 1 (AHI >= 5) and model 2 (AHI >= 15). MPH was also significant for male in model 2.
Conclusion: Male and female with OSA had distinct anatomic features of the upper airway and different interactions among soft palate, mandible, and hyoid bone.
- URI
- https://jkamprs.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40902-019-0242-0https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/155698
- ISSN
- 2288-8101; 2288-8586
- DOI
- 10.1186/s40902-019-0242-0
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