Abstract
Introduction: According to the available data, OSAS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome) occurs in the fourth decade in 1 to 5% of women in the total population, and over 90% of women with OSAS do not know about their problems. Approximately 15% of obese pregnant females are thought to suffer from SAS.
The aim of this work is to explore OSAS incidence in high-risk pregnant women and the association of OSAS with risk factors for pregnancy. Material: 85 women of a group of 480 monitored high-risk pregnant females were examined, and 61 of these were involved in this study.
Methods: We statistically evaluated the relation between OSAS and hypertension, obesity, preeclamptic placental changes, low pH values of umbilical cord blood, and low PlGF levels in the group of high-risk pregnant women with AHI = 5. Results: In the monitored group there was a statistical significant coherence between OSAS and gestational diabetes and obesity in high-risk gravid women.
Surprisingly, an association with hypertension was not found. From a statistical point of view, evaluations of histomorphological preeclamptic placental changes, low pH values of umbilical cord blood and low PlGF levels was not significant for a small number of respondents with these disorders.