The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome after COVID‐19 infection

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 96; no. 1; pp. e29392 - n/a
• Main Authors: Lin, Wen‐Chun, Wu, Meng‐Che, Wang, Yu‐Hsun, Lin, Che‐Hsuan, Wei, James Cheng‐Chung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Apnea; Cohort study; Confidence intervals; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Female; Health hazards; Humans; Infections; Male; obstructive sleep apnea; Polymerase chain reaction; Population studies; Prevalence; Proportional Hazards Models; Rank tests; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; SARS‐CoV‐2 infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sleep apnea; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology; Sleep disorders; Statistical analysis; Statistical models; Subgroups; TriNetx; Viral diseases; Virology; COVID-19; obstructive sleep apnea; SARS-CoV-2 infection; Cohort study; TriNetx

Obstructive sleep apnea is a well‐known risk factor regarding the severity of COVID‐19 infection. However, to date, relatively little research performed on the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in COVID‐19 survivors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk of obstructive sleep apne...