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Published in: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Sleep Apnea | Research

Gender-specific cephalometric features related to obesity in sleep apnea patients: trilogy of soft palate-mandible-hyoid bone

Authors: Seok Hyun Cho, Jae-Yun Jeon, Kun-Soo Jang, Sang Yoon Kim, Kyung Rae Kim, Seungho Ryu, Kyung-Gyun Hwang

Published in: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Issue 1/2019

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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.
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Metadata
Title
Gender-specific cephalometric features related to obesity in sleep apnea patients: trilogy of soft palate-mandible-hyoid bone
Authors
Seok Hyun Cho
Jae-Yun Jeon
Kun-Soo Jang
Sang Yoon Kim
Kyung Rae Kim
Seungho Ryu
Kyung-Gyun Hwang
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 2288-8586
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40902-019-0242-0

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