Predictors of Longitudinal Change in Sleep-Disordered Breathing in a Nonclinic Population

To quantify and identify the determinants of the 5-year change in the respiratory disturbance index (RDI).Longitudinal cohort study (Cleveland Family Study). Multivariate analyses were used to quantify baseline RDI and RDI change.Community-based study.486 cohort members (62% from families of probands with sleep-disordered breathing [SDB])--mean age 31.6 +/- 17.9 (SD) years, 60% female, 21% Black ethnicity--who underwent 2 assessments over 5.3...