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Major phenotypic characteristics prone to MAD treatment according to levels of evidence.
| Clinical characteristics | Lower age, female gender, lower BMI, lower neck circumference (strong) |
| Craniofacial profile | Mandibular an maxillary retrognathism, smaller airway, shorter soft palate (strong) |
| PSG parameters | Mild OSA (moderate) (strong), Positional OSA |
| Physiological parameters | Primary oropharyngeal collapse, low CPAP therapeutic pressure (weak) |
Adapted from Chen et al. (2020)77.
