Craniofacial Characteristics in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apneas syndrome (OSAS) has been associated with a clinical reduction of the pharyngeal spaces. To define whether predisposing skeletal craniofacial conditions exist in OSAS patients, 32 OSAS adult patients were compared in a cephalometric investigation with a control sample of 40 adults with ideal dentofacial traits. A t-test assessed the statistical significance of the differences in the two groups; correlation matrix tabulation and discriminant function analysis helped in the identification of the influence of different variables in segregation of the two populations.