Mandibular position and movements: Suitability for diagnosis of sleep apnoea.
(2017) Respirology — Vol. 22, n° 3, p. 567-574 (2017)
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- (en) BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Mandibular movements (MMs) and position during sleep reflect respiratory efforts related to increases in upper airway resistance and micro-arousals. The study objective was to assess whether MM identifies sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with moderate to high pre-test probability. METHODS: This was a prospective study of 87 consecutive patients referred for an in-laboratory sleep test. Magnetometer-derived MM signals were incorporated into standard polysomnography (PSG). Respiratory events detected with MM analysis were compared with PSG for respiratory disturbance index (RDI) with a blinded scoring. All records were scored manually according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine rules. Primary outcome was to rule-in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) defined as RDI cut-off value ≥5 or 15/h total sleep time (TST). RESULTS: High concordance emerged between MM and PSG-derived RDI with high temporal coincidence between events (R2 = 0.906; P < 0.001). The mean diagnostic accuracy of MM for OSAS using RDI MM cut-off values of 5.9 and 13.5 was 0.935 (0.86-0.97) and 0.913 (0.84-0.95), with a mean positive likelihood ratio (LLR+) of 3.73 (2.7-20.4) and 8.46 (2.3-31.5), respectively. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves at PSG cut-off values of 5 and 15/h TST had areas under the curve (AUC) of 0.96 (95% CI: 0.89-0.99) and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.91-0.99) (P < 0.001), respectively. MM analysis accurately identified SDB at different levels of severity. CONCLUSION: RDI assessed by MM is highly concordant with PSG, suggesting a role of ambulatory MM recordings to screen for SDB in patients with moderate to high pre-test probability.
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Martinot, J.-B., Borel, J.-C., Cuthbert, V., Guénard, H. J.-P., Denison, S., Silkoff, P. E., Gozal, D., & Pepin, J.-L. (2017). Mandibular position and movements: Suitability for diagnosis of sleep apnoea. Respirology, 22(3), 567-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.12929 (Original work published 2017)