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. 2021 Jun:300:113909.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113909. Epub 2021 Mar 31.

Differences in sleep apnea among veterans with PTSD and other mental health conditions

Jason C DeViva  1 , Elissa McCarthy  2 , Gia M Santoro  3
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Differences in sleep apnea among veterans with PTSD and other mental health conditions

Jason C DeViva et al. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

The current study compared polysomnography results of 200 consecutive VA sleep clinic referrals with PTSD, other mental health diagnoses (OTHMH), and no mental health diagnoses (NOMH). There were 59 (29.5%) NOMH cases, 62 (31.0%) PTSD cases, and 79 (39.5%) OTHMH cases. SA was diagnosed in 105 cases (52.5%), and rates of SA diagnosis did not differ by MH diagnosis. PTSD SA cases were younger than NOMH cases. NOMH cases had less sleep and higher apnea-hypopnea index than OTHMH cases. PTSD cases were not different on any sleep variable, hypertension frequency, or body-mass index.

Keywords: PTSD; sleep apnea; veterans.

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