Factors associated with obstructive sleep apnea among commercial motor vehicle drivers

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• Personal Author:
  Chakrabarty S ; Johnson R ; Levine R ; Talmage JB ; Xie W
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Identify factors associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk during commercial driver medical examinations. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted at an occupational health clinic by reviewing the commercial driver medical examinations medical records performed from January 2007 to December 2008. The magnitude of association with OSA was estimated with logistic regression. RESULTS: Among 1890 commercial motor vehicle drivers, 51 were confirmed positive for OSA by polysomnography after initial screening by Joint Task Force guidelines, yielding estimated positive predictive values of 78.5 percent for the screening criteria. Multivariable logistic regression showed that body mass index = 30 (odds ratio: 26.86), hypertension (odds ratio: 2.57), and diabetes (odds ratio: 2.03) were independently associated with OSA. CONCLUSION: Medical examiners' use of objectively measurable risk factors, such as obesity, history of hypertension, and/or diabetes, rather than symptoms, may be more effective in identifying undiagnosed OSA in commercial drivers during the commercial driver medical examinations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Body Weight Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Occupational Health Respiratory System Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Airway Obstruction Body Weight Breathing Drivers Hypertension Medical Examinations Motor Vehicles Risk Analysis Sleep Apnea
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  169-173
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039063
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Feb; 53(2):169-173
• Contact Point Address:
  Wen Xie, MD, PhD, MSPH, Corporate Health Service, Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
• Email:
  wxie@saratogacare.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:72ffb6922daabf86a5ee011bd5ebea32f1084f90c5a71b0ff297f2c5be2fab6a14ba58936edda5dbb085366d6d8ccfd0e75c29d9bc45772d2e01a4773d1facc7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192552/cdc_192552_DS1.pdf
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