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Men and patients with higher baseline OSA severity experience greater reductions in Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) from weight loss interventions.
While weight loss helps everyone with sleep apnea, men and those with more severe sleep apnea tend to see the biggest improvements in their breathing metrics. If you are a man or have severe sleep apnea, prioritizing weight loss may yield the most dramatic relief from your symptoms.
Sex and baseline AHI were separate and independent modifiers of ILI such that the ILI was more effective in reducing the AHI in men than in women and more effective in participants with higher levels of baseline AHI than in those with lower levels of baseline AHI.
Why this rating
Statistically significant interaction effects in a large RCT.
Source
A Randomized Study on the Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes<subtitle>The Sleep AHEAD Study</subtitle><alt-title>Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea</alt-title>
Gary D. Foster · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2009
DOI 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.266
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