Daytime sleepiness estimated using the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale during mandibular advancement device therapy for snoring and sleep apnea: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: The effect of mandibular advancement device therapy on daytime sleepiness remains unclear. Here, we evaluate the effect of a mandibular advancement device on daytime sleepiness using the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale.

Methods: We randomized 88 snoring patients with an apnea-hypopnea index < 30 and daytime sleepiness to a mandibular advancement device or a sham device for four months.

Blood Pressure Level in Late Adolescence and Risk for Cardiovascular Events : A Cohort Study.

Background: Not enough is known about the association between blood pressure (BP) in adolescence and future cardiovascular events.

Objective: To measure this association using the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for classifying BP elevation.

Design: Cohort study.

Prevalence, time-trends and clinical characteristics of hypertension in young adults: nationwide cross-sectional study of 1.7 million Swedish 18-year-olds, 1969-2010.

Objective: The prevalence of hypertension in young adulthood, as well as the clinical characteristics associated with different hypertension subtypes, have been inconsistently described. Our aim was to assess the prevalence, time-trends and characteristics associated with isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), isolated diastolic hypertension and combined systodiastolic hypertension.

Methods: Serial cross-sectional analysis, using data from the Swedish conscription registry, including 1701 314 (99.

Nocturnal Blood Pressure Is Reduced by a Mandibular Advancement Device for Sleep Apnea in Women: Findings From Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Trial.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with high blood pressure. The magnitude of blood pressure effects from sleep apnea treatment is unclear. We aimed to determine the effect of mandibular advancement device therapy on ambulatory nighttime and daytime blood pressure in women and men with daytime sleepiness and snoring or mild to moderate sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index, <30).