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Prevalence and clinical impacts of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A single-center, retrospective study.

Jae Ha LeeJi Hoon JangJin Han ParkSunggun LeeJi Yeon KimJunghae KoSo Young JungDae-Wook KimSungMin HongHang Jea Jang
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Approximately two-thirds of the IPF patients had OSA. Older age, higher body weight, and high risk based on the Berlin questionnaire were independent risk factors for OSA in IPF patients. Shorter 6MWD, experience of AE, and night hypoxemia during sleep were associated with a higher risk of mortality in patients with IPF.
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