Craniofacial Morphology and Sleep Apnea Severity in 84 Patients

84 patients with obstructive sleep apnea were evaluated to correlate cephalometric measurements with apnea severity. The study, authored by Michele Tepedino, collected lateral cephalograms and polysomnography data, finding a statistical correlation between mandibular length and the apnea-hypopnea index. Patients with severe apnea showed reduced sagittal growth of the mandible and cranial base.

Use Cases

• Predicting obstructive sleep apnea severity based on mandibular length measurements
• Analyzing correlations between cranio-basal length and apnea-hypopnea index
• Investigating the relationship between facial vertical dimension and sleep apnea metrics

Strengths

• Data from 84 patients with a mean age of 50.4 years provides a specific clinical cohort
• Study design excluded patients with high BMI and comorbidities, controlling for confounding factors
• Analysis used Spearman’s rho correlation test with statistical significance set at p < 0.05

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect bias inherent to paperswithcode, such as a specific study population

Provenance

Source

Michele Tepedino

Collection Method

Lateral cephalograms and polysomnography were collected from enrolled patients for correlation analysis.