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Digital Biometrics in Predicting Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension: Decentralized, Prospective Cohort Study

Background: Sleep is an important component of human health and can be measured longitudinally using digital activity trackers. Further, decentralized digital research has the potential to provide a real-world picture of sleep in large populations. Objective: This study examined whether longitudinal sleep patterns from activity trackers could predict risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hypertension, as defined the Berlin questionnaire and self report, respectively. Methods: We recruited adults β‰₯18 years nationwide to join our sleep-focused smartphone-based study, called the Research Framework for Exploring Sleep Health (REFRESH). Our sample of N= 391 adults is comprised predominately of females (68%; n = 247 out of 364) at a mean age of 48 years (standard deviation (SD) = 13.62). Participants were asked to fill out health-related surveys, including the Berlin questionnaire, and the Horne-Ostberg questionnaire for chronotype. Participants were asked to link their own activity tracker to the application to collect longitudinal sleep data. Results: We analyzed sleep data from 391 participants, among a predominately White (65%; n = 231 out of 353) followed by multiracial (17%; n = 61 out of 353) and Hispanic or Latino (6.5%; n = 23 out of 353) cohort. Collinearity testing showed that OSA risk and self-reported hypertension could be considered independently. Holding body mass index (BMI) at fixed value, the odds of having high OSA risk increased by 159% for every one-hour increase in weekday sleep variability (odds ratio (OR) = 2.592, 95% confidence interval (CI) [1.613, 4.400]; P
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