Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory

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Autor(a) principal: Silva,A.
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Andersen,M.L., De Mello,M.T., Bittencourt,L.R.A., Peruzzo,D., Tufik,S.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008001200005
Resumo: Our objective was to examine the effet of gender on the sleep pattern of patients referred to a sleep laboratory. The data (questionnaires and polysomnographic recordings) were collected from a total of 2365 patients (1550 men and 815 women). The polysomnography permits an objective assessment of the sleep pattern. We included only polysomnography exams obtained with no more than one recording system in order to permit normalization of the data. Men had a significantly higher body mass index than women (28.5 ± 4.8 vs 27.7 ± 6.35 kg/m²) and had a significantly higher score on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (10.8 ± 5.3 vs 9.5 ± 6.0), suggesting daytime sleepiness. Women had a significantly higher sleep latency than men, as well as a higher rapid eye movement (REM) latency. Men spent more time in stages 1 (4.6 ± 4.1 vs 3.9 ± 3.8) and 2 (57.0 ± 10.5 vs 55.2 ± 10.1) of non-REM sleep than women, whereas women spent significantly more time in deep sleep stages (3 and 4) than men (22.6 ± 9.0 vs 19.9 ± 9.0). The apnea/hypopnea and arousal indexes were significantly higher and more frequent in men than in women (31.0 ± 31.5 vs 17.3 ± 19.7). Also, periodic leg movement index did not differ significantly between genders, but rather differed among age groups. We did not find significant differences between genders in the percentage of REM sleep and sleep efficiency. The results of the current study suggest that there are specific gender differences in sleep pattern.
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spelling Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratorySleepGenderPolysomnographyApneaInsomniaDatabaseOur objective was to examine the effet of gender on the sleep pattern of patients referred to a sleep laboratory. The data (questionnaires and polysomnographic recordings) were collected from a total of 2365 patients (1550 men and 815 women). The polysomnography permits an objective assessment of the sleep pattern. We included only polysomnography exams obtained with no more than one recording system in order to permit normalization of the data. Men had a significantly higher body mass index than women (28.5 ± 4.8 vs 27.7 ± 6.35 kg/m²) and had a significantly higher score on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (10.8 ± 5.3 vs 9.5 ± 6.0), suggesting daytime sleepiness. Women had a significantly higher sleep latency than men, as well as a higher rapid eye movement (REM) latency. Men spent more time in stages 1 (4.6 ± 4.1 vs 3.9 ± 3.8) and 2 (57.0 ± 10.5 vs 55.2 ± 10.1) of non-REM sleep than women, whereas women spent significantly more time in deep sleep stages (3 and 4) than men (22.6 ± 9.0 vs 19.9 ± 9.0). The apnea/hypopnea and arousal indexes were significantly higher and more frequent in men than in women (31.0 ± 31.5 vs 17.3 ± 19.7). Also, periodic leg movement index did not differ significantly between genders, but rather differed among age groups. We did not find significant differences between genders in the percentage of REM sleep and sleep efficiency. The results of the current study suggest that there are specific gender differences in sleep pattern.Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica2008-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008001200005Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.41 n.12 2008reponame:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchinstname:Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABDC)instacron:ABDC10.1590/S0100-879X2008001200005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva,A.Andersen,M.L.De Mello,M.T.Bittencourt,L.R.A.Peruzzo,D.Tufik,S.eng2009-01-12T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0100-879X2008001200005Revistahttps://www.bjournal.org/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjournal@terra.com.br||bjournal@terra.com.br1414-431X0100-879Xopendoar:2009-01-12T00:00Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research - Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABDC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
title Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
spellingShingle Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
Silva,A.
Sleep
Gender
Polysomnography
Apnea
Insomnia
Database
title_short Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
title_full Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
title_fullStr Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
title_full_unstemmed Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
title_sort Gender and age differences in polysomnography findings and sleep complaints of patients referred to a sleep laboratory
author Silva,A.
author_facet Silva,A.
Andersen,M.L.
De Mello,M.T.
Bittencourt,L.R.A.
Peruzzo,D.
Tufik,S.
author_role author
author2 Andersen,M.L.
De Mello,M.T.
Bittencourt,L.R.A.
Peruzzo,D.
Tufik,S.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva,A.
Andersen,M.L.
De Mello,M.T.
Bittencourt,L.R.A.
Peruzzo,D.
Tufik,S.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sleep
Gender
Polysomnography
Apnea
Insomnia
Database
topic Sleep
Gender
Polysomnography
Apnea
Insomnia
Database
description Our objective was to examine the effet of gender on the sleep pattern of patients referred to a sleep laboratory. The data (questionnaires and polysomnographic recordings) were collected from a total of 2365 patients (1550 men and 815 women). The polysomnography permits an objective assessment of the sleep pattern. We included only polysomnography exams obtained with no more than one recording system in order to permit normalization of the data. Men had a significantly higher body mass index than women (28.5 ± 4.8 vs 27.7 ± 6.35 kg/m²) and had a significantly higher score on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (10.8 ± 5.3 vs 9.5 ± 6.0), suggesting daytime sleepiness. Women had a significantly higher sleep latency than men, as well as a higher rapid eye movement (REM) latency. Men spent more time in stages 1 (4.6 ± 4.1 vs 3.9 ± 3.8) and 2 (57.0 ± 10.5 vs 55.2 ± 10.1) of non-REM sleep than women, whereas women spent significantly more time in deep sleep stages (3 and 4) than men (22.6 ± 9.0 vs 19.9 ± 9.0). The apnea/hypopnea and arousal indexes were significantly higher and more frequent in men than in women (31.0 ± 31.5 vs 17.3 ± 19.7). Also, periodic leg movement index did not differ significantly between genders, but rather differed among age groups. We did not find significant differences between genders in the percentage of REM sleep and sleep efficiency. The results of the current study suggest that there are specific gender differences in sleep pattern.
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