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Evaluation of sleep apnea prevalance among driving license applicants

Yonca Coluk, Guven Yildirim, Kursat Murat Ozcan, Omer Hizli.




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Aim: This study aimed at evaluating the PSG results of the applicants of driving license by reference to the BMI, and investigating the accuracy of this cutoff value of BMI (33) on detecting the patients with OSAS among the applicants of driving license
Materials and Methods: Driving license applicants with a BMI 36 constituted the group B. The AHI levels of the groups were compared, and ROC analyzes were performed to detect accurate BMI values.
Results: Median AHI values did significantly differ among three groups (p

Key words: AHI; BMI; driving license; sleep apnea






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