%0 Journal Article
%T Epiglottis cross-sectional area and oropharyngeal airway length in male and female obstructive sleep apnea patients
%A Frisca L Yan-Go
%A Melinda A Ma
%A Paul M Macey
%A Rajesh Kumar
%A Ronald M Harper
%J Archive of "Nature and Science of Sleep".
%D 2016
%R 10.2147/NSS.S113709
%X Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a male-predominant condition, characterized by repeated upper-airway collapse with continued diaphragmatic efforts during sleep, and is accompanied by severe physiological consequences. Multiple morphological aspects, including epiglottis cross-sectional area (CSA) and oropharyngeal airway length (OPAL), can contribute to airway collapsibility in the condition. This study focused on the effects of OSA severity, sex, and race on OPA dimensions
%K magnetic resonance imaging
%K apnea¨Chypopnea index
%K upper-airway length
%K gender
%K race
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055050/