| Clinic Research Abnormal P3 Latency in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea SyndromeObjective: To evaluate the P3 latency in OSAS patients, snorers and nonsnore subjects and to explore the possible mechanism.Background: Neurobehavioral abnormalities are the most common nonrespiratory manifestations in OSAS. Impairment of cognitive functions, as well as emotional disturbances and abnormal P3 latency in OSAS have been documented. However, a few studies were done for comparing the changes of the P3 and memory function between OSAS patients and snorers.Methods: For P3 and memory study, three groups: OSAS group, snorer group, and nosnorer group,21 subjects each, were administered PSG, ERP and Clinical Memory Test. All data were analyzed by General Linear Model; A value of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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