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ReviewSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2025

Walking the fine line between OSA and aging.

Caterina Antonaglia, Antonio Fabozzi, Alessia Steffanina, Riccardo Ture, Paolo Palange, Marco Confalonieri

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Review in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Caterina AntonagliaPulmonology Unit, Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, Hospital of Cattinara, University of Trieste, 34149, Trieste, Italy. caterina.antonaglia@asugi.sanita.fvg.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6494-3962
Antonio FabozziPulmonology Unit, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary Division, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Alessia SteffaninaPulmonology Unit, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary Division, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Riccardo TurePulmonology Unit, Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, Hospital of Cattinara, University of Trieste, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
Paolo PalangePulmonology Unit, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary Division, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marco ConfalonieriPulmonology Unit, Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, Hospital of Cattinara, University of Trieste, 34149, Trieste, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep- related breathing disorder. In recent years, evidence have shown that patients with OSA may have this disorder for different reasons, with different symptoms and comorbidities. Therefore, treatment should be individualized [1]. This has led to a growing interest in the characterization of the disease into phenotypes. OSA in elderly patients is often a challenge for clinician in terms of diagnosis, as symptoms may be masked, but also for treatment in terms of efficacy and adherence. However, aging is a pathophysiological factor that predisposes to obstructive sleep apnea, and the two conditions share symptoms and comorbidities to such an extent that it becomes very difficult to establish a casual link between the two. We summarize the recent evidence in OSA elderly patients, particularly in terms of pathophysiology, symptoms and main comorbidities.

Indexed as

AgingSleep Apnea, ObstructiveAgedComorbidityHumansAgingComorbidityElderlyObstructive sleep apneaPhenotypeSleep apnea syndrome

Identifiers

PMID40407983
PMCPMC12101997

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