Table 2.
Distribution of the patients wearing a mandibular advancement device (MAD) and Helkimo anamnestic index (Ai) (Ai 0 = no symptoms, Ai I = mild symptoms, Ai II = severe symptoms) and dysfunction index (Di) (Di 0 = no clinical dysfunction (score 0), Di I = mild dysfunction (scores 1-4), Di II = moderate clinical dysfunction (scores 5 - 9), Di III = severe clinical dysfunction (scores 10 - 25) (Helkimo 1974) in a 24-month follow-up study
| Patient number |
Sex | Age at baseline |
BMI | AHI with MAD |
Ai baseline |
Di/score baseline |
Ai 1 month |
Di/score 1 month |
Ai 3 months |
Di/score 3 months |
Ai 6 months |
Di/score 6 months |
Ai 24 months |
Di/score 24 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 47 | - | - | - | I/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | M | 48 | 22.4 | 1 | 0 | II/7 | I | I/1 | I | II/5 | I | I/1 | - | - |
| 3 | F | 46 | 27.7 | 2 | 0 | II/5 | II | II/7 | 0 | II/5 | 0 | II/5 | 0 | II/5 |
| 4 | M | 43 | 26.6 | 1 | 0 | I/1 | 0 | I/1 | 0 | I/1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 | I/1 |
| 5 | M | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | M | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | M | 59 | 37.9 | 46 | 0 | II/6 | 0 | I/1 | I | I/1 | I | I/1 | I | I/1 |
| 8 | M | 39 | 24.9 | 7 | II | II/8 | II | II/7 | II | II/8 | I | I/3 | II | III/11 |
| 9 | F | 66 | 27.9 | 1 | 0 | II/6 | I | II/9 | 0 | II/7 | I | I/3 | - | - |
| 10 | F | 56 | 22.7 | 6 | II | III/12 | II | III/12 | II | III/12 | I | III/12 | - | - |
| 11 | M | 50 | 27.7 | 26 | I | 0/0 | I | 0/0 | I | 0/0 | - | - | - | |
| 12 | F | 60 | 24.7 | 9 | 0 | I/2 | 0 | I/3 | I | I/2 | I | I/2 | - | - |
| 13 | F | 54 | - | - | - | I/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | F | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | F | 70 | 26.3 | 28 | I | II/6 | I | II/7 | I | II/6 | 0 | III/12 | I | II/8 |
| 16 | M | 66 | 27.2 | 17 | 0 | II/7 | II | II/7 | 0 | II/7 | 0 | II/7 | 0 | I/1 |
| 17 | M | 54 | - | - | - | II/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | M | 38 | 31.0 | 20 | I | I/1 | II | I/2 | I | I/1 | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | M | 43 | - | - | - | I/1 | I/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 20 | F | 55 | 23.1 | < 1 | I | I/1 | I | I/3 | I | I/3 | I | I/2 | - | - |
| 21 | F | 45 | 25.7 | 3 | - | II/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | F | 39 | 29.8 | <1 | - | I/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | M | 21 | 41.5 | - | 0 | II/7 | 0 | II/6 | 0 | II/6 | 0 | II/5 | - | - |
F = female; M = male.