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Background <p> <!--Query ID="Q1" Text="Please check and confirm if the authors and their respective affiliations have been correctly identified. Amend if necessary." Resolved="yes"-->Sleepiness significantly contributes to traffic accidents, with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) being the leading medical cause. Effective treatment of OSA has been shown to reduce accident-related deaths and injuries. Turkish legislation has been updated to address driver’s license issues for individuals with OSA, but implementation challenges and debates persist.</p> Methods <p> <!--Query ID="Q2" Text="Please check if the identified article note is correct." Resolved="yes"-->Data from 159 patients who applied to obtain or renew their driver’s licenses and underwent polysomnography between January 2020 and January 2024 were evaluated retrospectively.</p> Results <p>The body mass index of 126 patients (79.24%) exceeded 33&#xa0;kg per meter of height squared. OSA (apnea hypopnea index greater than 5) was detected in 85.5% of our patients, and the rate of severe OSA was 31.4%. We evaluated the presence of severe OSA using logistic regression analysis. Among the variables, the most important factor was neck circumference Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis identified severe OSA risk thresholds as neck circumference of 42.5&#xa0;cm or greater and waist circumference of 122&#xa0;cm or greater.</p> Conclusions <p>Considering neck and waist circumference rather than body mass index may facilitate informed decisions based on empirical measurements to identify OSA in driver’s license applicants who require overnight polysomnography assessment.</p>

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Evaluatıng osa rısk in drıvers: polysomnography and anthropometric measurements

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年3月8日

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  • Gönül Akdağ,
  • Mustafa Çetiner

摘要

Background

Sleepiness significantly contributes to traffic accidents, with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) being the leading medical cause. Effective treatment of OSA has been shown to reduce accident-related deaths and injuries. Turkish legislation has been updated to address driver’s license issues for individuals with OSA, but implementation challenges and debates persist.

Methods

Data from 159 patients who applied to obtain or renew their driver’s licenses and underwent polysomnography between January 2020 and January 2024 were evaluated retrospectively.

Results

The body mass index of 126 patients (79.24%) exceeded 33 kg per meter of height squared. OSA (apnea hypopnea index greater than 5) was detected in 85.5% of our patients, and the rate of severe OSA was 31.4%. We evaluated the presence of severe OSA using logistic regression analysis. Among the variables, the most important factor was neck circumference Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis identified severe OSA risk thresholds as neck circumference of 42.5 cm or greater and waist circumference of 122 cm or greater.

Conclusions

Considering neck and waist circumference rather than body mass index may facilitate informed decisions based on empirical measurements to identify OSA in driver’s license applicants who require overnight polysomnography assessment.