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. 2016 Aug 20;129(16):2011–2012. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.187853

Table 1.

Polysomnography in cases with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with enuresis in literature review

First author Number of patients Gender/age (years) Published journal year BMI (kg/m2) Polysomnography parameters Therapy

AHI (events/h) Minimal SaO2 Stage N1 Stage N2 Stage N3 Stage REM
Guilleminault 3 N/R/N/R Annu Rev Med 1976;27:465-84 N/R N/R N/R N/R ↓↓ Generally normal N/R
Guilleminault 2 Male/N/R Arch Intern Med 1977;137:296-300 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R
Everaert 1 Male/35 J Urol 1995;153:1236 N/R 36 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP
Brown 1 Male/26 West J Med 1995;163:478-80 37.33 48.1 46% N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP
Yokoyama 1 Male/53 Urology 1995; 45:150-4 34.63 N/R 36% N/R ↓↓ ↓↓ N/R Imipramine and acetazolamide
Ulfberg 1 Male/68 Scand J Urol Nephrol 1996;30:135-7 N/R N/R 30% N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP
Arai 1 Female/53 Sleep 1997;20:158-9 34.63 52.6 35% 41.5% 42% 2.5% 14% Imipramine and dental appliance
Steers 1 Male/60 Lancet 1997;349:1604 36.95 47.5 87.5% N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP
Kramer 5 Male/37.0 ± 3.1 Chest 1998;114:634-7 38.6 ± 2.1 107.4 ± 7.7 73.2 ± 2.7 N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP
Arai 1 Female/53 Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1999;53:319-20 34.63 52.6 35% N/R 42% 2.5% 14% Imipramine and acetazolamide
Cao 1 Female/56 Chin Med J 2010;123:3328-61 29.55 70.24 68% N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP
Dushianthan 1 Male/41 Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2010;71:532-3 32 80.6 N/R N/R N/R N/R N/R CPAP

N/R: Not reported; ↑: Elevated; ↓↓: Markedly reduced; REM: Rapid eye movement; BMI: Body mass index; AHI: Apnea-hypopnea index; CPAP: Continuous positive airway pressure.