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Table 5 Apnea-hypopnea burden reduction in two individual patients with mild and severe obstructive sleep apnea

From: Predictors of disease alleviation with mandibular advancement devices in obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective cohort study

Dependent variable

AHI-reduction from 10/h to 5/h (AHI ≤ 30/ h)

AHI-reduction from 50/h to 25/h (AHI > 30/ h)

1. Baseline-AHI/ h

10.0

50.0

2. AHI with MAD/ h

5.0

25.0

3. AHI (%)

-50.0

-50.0

4. ΔAHI/ h

-5.0

-25.0

  1. Measurements of two individual patients, representing mild (AHI ≤ 30/ h) and severe OSA (AHI > 30/ h), to demonstrate the effect of different parameters on the evaluation of treatment success of MAD with respect to the suppression of apneas and hypopneas
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Head & Face Medicine

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