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Title: Facial phenotyping by quantitative photography reflects craniofacial morphology measured on magnetic resonance imaging in Icelandic sleep apnea patients
Authors: Lee, Richard W ;Sutherland, K.;Schwab, R.J.;Maislin, G.;Benedikstdsottir, B.;Pack, A.I.;Gislason, T.;Juliusson, S.;Cistulli, P.A.
Issue Date: May-2014
Source: Volume 37, Issue 5, pp. 959 - 968
Journal title: Sleep
Department: Respiratory Medicine
Abstract: STUDY OBJECTIVES: (1) To determine whether facial phenotype, measured by quantitative photography, relates to underlying craniofacial obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk factors, measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); (2) To assess whether these associations are independent of body size and obesity. DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort. SETTING: Landspitali, The National University Hospital, Iceland. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred forty patients (87.1% male) from the Icelandic Sleep Apnea Cohort who had both calibrated frontal and profile craniofacial photographs and upper airway MRI. Mean +/- standard deviation age 56.1 +/- 10.4 y, body mass index 33.5 +/- 5.05 kg/m(2), with on-average severe OSA (apnea-hypopnea index 45.4 +/- 19.7 h(-1)). INTERVENTIONS: N/A. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Relationships between surface facial dimensions (photos) and facial bony dimensions and upper airway soft-tissue volumes (MRI) was assessed using canonical correlation analysis. Photo and MRI craniofacial datasets related in four significant canonical correlations, primarily driven by measurements of (1) maxillary-mandibular relationship (r = 0.8, P < 0.0001), (2) lower face height (r = 0.76, P < 0.0001), (3) mandibular length (r = 0.67, P < 0.0001), and (4) tongue volume (r = 0.52, P = 0.01). Correlations 1, 2, and 3 were unchanged when controlled for weight and neck and waist circumference. However, tongue volume was no longer significant, suggesting facial dimensions relate to tongue volume as a result of obesity. CONCLUSIONS: Significant associations were found between craniofacial variable sets from facial photography and MRI. This study confirms that facial photographic phenotype reflects underlying aspects of craniofacial skeletal abnormalities associated with OSA. Therefore, facial photographic phenotyping may be a useful tool to assess intermediate phenotypes for OSA, particularly in large-scale studies.
URI: https://elibrary.cclhd.health.nsw.gov.au/cclhdjspui/handle/1/1408
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.3670
Pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24790275
ISSN: 1550-9109
Publicaton type: Journal Article
Keywords: Sleep
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