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Jason C DeViva1, Elissa McCarthy2, Gia M Santoro3
1Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, CT; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Abstract:
The current study compared polysomnography results of 200 consecutive VA sleep clinic referrals with PTSD, other mental health diagnoses (OTHMH), and no mental health diagnoses (NOMH). There were 59 (29.5%) NOMH cases, 62 (31.0%) PTSD cases, and 79 (39.5%) OTHMH cases. SA was diagnosed in 105 cases (52.5%), and rates of SA diagnosis did not differ by MH diagnosis. PTSD SA cases were younger than NOMH cases. NOMH cases had less sleep and higher apnea-hypopnea index than OTHMH cases. PTSD cases were not different on any sleep variable, hypertension frequency, or body-mass index.
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