Article
Unique clinical phenotypes of patients with obstructive sleep apnea in a Japanese population: a cluster analysis.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine - 1 Mar 2022
Ida Hitomi, Suga Tatsuo, Nishimura Masaharu, Aoki Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In an attempt to better understand the heterogeneity of individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), unbiased analytic approaches such as cluster analysis have been used worldwide; however, only a few such studies have been conducted for Asian populations alone, despite the potential racial/ethnic differences. We thus applied this approach to a Japanese population with OSA. METHODS: In this...
Topics
- Aged
- Cluster Analysis
- Humans
- Japan
- Phenotype
- Polysomnography
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive