| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Aloia 2005 | Inconsistent CPAP make or pressure delivery mode. |
| Andreu 2012 | Suspected OSA (not all participants received dx evaluation). |
| Andrews 2010 | Wrong intervention. |
| Antic 2009 | Wrong intervention. |
| Arrua 2016 | Suspected OSA (not all participants received dx evaluation). |
| Bague 2015 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no author response. |
| Bague‐Cruz 2014 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no author response. |
| Baltzan 2014 | Wrong intervention. |
| Barbe 2013 | Wrong intervention. |
| Barbe 2014 | Wrong intervention. |
| Berry 2008 | Wrong intervention. |
| Billings 2010 | Wrong intervention. |
| Bittencourt 2015 | Wrong intervention. |
| Cartwright 2017 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Chai‐Coetzer 2011 | Wrong intervention. |
| Chai‐Coetzer 2012 | Wrong intervention. |
| Chai‐Coetzer 2013 | Wrong intervention. |
| Cotton 2012 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Damjanovic 2005 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| Damjanovic 2009 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| Dawson 2015 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Deng 2013 | Inconsistent CPAP make or pressure delivery mode. |
| Di Elia 2008 | Wrong study design. |
| Engleman 1993 | Intervention could not be classified. |
| Epstein 2000 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author |
| Escourrou 2012 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Fields 2016 | OSA diagnosis not verified. |
| Fletcher 1991 | Wrong study design. |
| Fresnelli 2016 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| Gupta 2011 | Wrong intervention. |
| Ha 2015 | Controls received intervention not provided to intervention arm. |
| Harris 2014 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Hayes 2009 | Wrong intervention. |
| Hood 2013 | OSA diagnosis not verified. |
| Hostler 2014 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| Hostler 2017 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| Hwang 2014 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| Igelstrom 2018 | Wrong outcomes. |
| Ip‐Buting 2017 | OSA diagnosis not verified. |
| Isetta 2014a | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Isetta 2014b | Wrong outcomes. |
| Isetta 2015 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Jones 2016 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Jurado‐Gamez 2015 | No randomisation, randomisation not verifiable. |
| Kataria 2017 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author |
| Klein 2010 | No randomisation, randomisation not verifiable. |
| Kreutzer 2003 | Wrong study design. |
| Kuna 2011 | OSA diagnosis not verified. |
| Kuna 2015 | Inconsistent CPAP make or pressure delivery mode. |
| Kushida 2011 | Wrong intervention. |
| Lang 2018 | Wrong outcomes. |
| Lettieri 2009 | Wrong intervention. |
| Lopez‐Martin 2005 | Wrong comparator. |
| Luyster 2018 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Marques 2017 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Marshall 2003 | No randomisation, randomisation not verifiable. |
| Moore 2012 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Nadeem 2013 | Inconsistent CPAP make or pressure delivery mode. |
| NCT00310310 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT00873977 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT00939601 | Wrong study design. |
| NCT01013207 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT01102920 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT01535586 | Wrong study design. |
| NCT01538069 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT01569022 | Wrong study design. |
| NCT01924507 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT01960465 | No randomisation, randomisation not verifiable |
| NCT02085720 | Wrong study design. |
| NCT02278094 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT02331992 | Wrong study design. |
| NCT02339597 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT02375321 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| NCT02459548 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT02509247 | No randomisation or randomisation not verifiable. |
| NCT02553694 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| NCT02553902 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT02755831 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT02779894 | Wrong outcomes. |
| NCT02953028 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT03007745 | Wrong intervention. |
| NCT03202602 | Wrong study design. |
| NCT03472612 | Wrong study design. |
| Palmer 2004 | OSA diagnosis not verified. |
| Pepin 1996 | Wrong intervention. |
| Pepin 1999 | Intervention could not be classified. |
| Pepin 2018 | Wrong study design. |
| Rodgers 2015 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Ruhle 1999 | Wrong study design. |
| Sanchez‐de‐la‐Torre 2015 | Intervention could not be classified. |
| Sanchez‐Quiroga 2018 | Wrong intervention. |
| Schiefelbein 2005 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Signes‐Costa 2005 | Wrong intervention. |
| Singhal 2016 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Tarasiuk 2012 | Wrong outcomes. |
| Tarraubella 2017 | Suspected OSA (not all participants received dx evaluation). |
| Tatousek 2015 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Taylor 2006 | Inclusion/exclusion criteria not verified/no response from author. |
| Wenzel 2008 | Wrong intervention. |
| Wiese 2005 | OSA diagnosis not verified. |
| Williams 2014 | Wrong outcomes. |
CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure; OSA: obstructive sleep apnoea.