Article
Phenotypes of obstructive sleep apnea in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Sleep - 10 Dec 2021
González Kevin A, Tarraf Wassim, Wallace Douglas M, Stickel Ariana M, Schneiderman Neil, Redline Susan, Patel Sanjay R, Gallo Linda C, Mossavar-Rahmani Yasmin, Daviglus Martha L, Zee Phyllis C, Talavera Gregory A, Sotres-Alvarez Daniela, González Hector M, Ramos Alberto
Abstract excerpt
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Recent work on US Whites from clinical samples used obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) symptoms to generate phenotypes for individuals with moderate-severe OSA which suggested 3 to 5 symptom classes. However, it is unknown whether similar classes generalize to diverse Hispanics/Latino adults. Therefore, we sought to fill this gap by empirically deriving sleep phenotypes among a large sample of...
Topics
- Female
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Public Health
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive