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

Evaluation of sleep apnea prevalance among drivinglicense applicants

Aim: This study aimed at evaluating the PSG results of the applicants of driving license by reference to the BMI, and investigating theaccuracy of this cutoff value of BMI (33) on detecting the patients with OSAS among the applicants of driving licenseMaterials 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

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