Morphologic Analyses of Mandible and Upper Airway Soft Tissue by MRI of Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

Abstract

Japanese male OSAHS patients had specific anatomical features in the bottom part of the mandible; however, obesity seemed to be a less significant risk factor. Investigators and clinicians must realize that ethnicity may modify the effects of obesity and abnormal craniofacial anatomy as risk factors for the pathogenesis of OSAHS.