Bilgay Izci-Balserak1, Brendan T Keenan2, Charles Corbitt2, Beth Staley2, Michael Perlis2, Grace W Pien3. 1. Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois. 2. Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 3. School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Few studies have objectively evaluated sleep characteristics during pregnancy or investigated the relationship between altered spectral electroencephalogram (EEG) bands and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). The study aimed to describe changes in sleep as measured by polysomnography (PSG) and spectral EEG bands during pregnancy and to examine the relationship between delta power in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and SDB. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of a prospective study. One hundred twenty-three women underwent full PSG in early pregnancy, and 97 repeated PSG in late pregnancy. Spectral analysis of the EEG in NREM sleep was performed. We used linear and logistic mixed-model regression to analyze the sleep measures and linear regression to explore the association between delta power and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) changes during pregnancy. RESULTS: In late pregnancy, women had shorter sleep duration, poorer sleep efficiency, more awakenings, more stage N2 sleep, less slow wave sleep, less REM sleep, higher AHI, and higher periodic limb movement index compared to early pregnancy. The percentage of stage N1 sleep, sleep latency, REM sleep latency, and arousal index frequency did not change. Regarding EEG-spectra, delta and theta powers decreased, but beta-2 power increased during pregnancy. In multivariable analyses, greater reduction of delta power was associated with larger increases in AHI (β [95% confidence interval] = -0.038 [-0.073, -0.002], P = .040). Estimates suggest that each one-unit increase in AHI reduces delta power by 4% in late pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: PSG-measured sleep characteristics change during pregnancy. Delta power decreases when the severity of SDB increases during pregnancy. COMMENTARY: A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 1095.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Few studies have objectively evaluated sleep characteristics during pregnancy or investigated the relationship between altered spectral electroencephalogram (EEG) bands and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). The study aimed to describe changes in sleep as measured by polysomnography (PSG) and spectral EEG bands during pregnancy and to examine the relationship between delta power in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and SDB. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of a prospective study. One hundred twenty-three women underwent full PSG in early pregnancy, and 97 repeated PSG in late pregnancy. Spectral analysis of the EEG in NREM sleep was performed. We used linear and logistic mixed-model regression to analyze the sleep measures and linear regression to explore the association between delta power and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) changes during pregnancy. RESULTS: In late pregnancy, women had shorter sleep duration, poorer sleep efficiency, more awakenings, more stage N2 sleep, less slow wave sleep, less REM sleep, higher AHI, and higher periodic limb movement index compared to early pregnancy. The percentage of stage N1 sleep, sleep latency, REM sleep latency, and arousal index frequency did not change. Regarding EEG-spectra, delta and theta powers decreased, but beta-2 power increased during pregnancy. In multivariable analyses, greater reduction of delta power was associated with larger increases in AHI (β [95% confidence interval] = -0.038 [-0.073, -0.002], P = .040). Estimates suggest that each one-unit increase in AHI reduces delta power by 4% in late pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: PSG-measured sleep characteristics change during pregnancy. Delta power decreases when the severity of SDB increases during pregnancy. COMMENTARY: A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 1095.
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