I agree with that view, 100%, as I too have wondered about the same question.dataq1 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:42 pmInteresting question and responses.....
Suggesting that AHI can be influenced by seasonal allergies, bedding, pillows, ambient humidification.....(and I don't dispute that suggestion)
Sleep studies are normally done on a one night basis, a snapshot of sleeping observations with fixed sleeping conditions (season, humidity, bed, pillows, blankets. etc).
Makes one wonder if a person varied those conditions how it would affect the AHI of one's sleep study and particularly for marginal cases - the diagnosis.
How is it possible to assess someone even has clinical apnea, based on one night of study, especially when it comes to marginal cases.
In my case, my central apnea is very clear, but apparently it goes away on the West Coast, with some peripheral changes such as bedding and of course the climate, none of which should have an influence on my central apnea.
There IS however the question of TIME ZONE.
I go to be rather late at around 2 am most nights.
2 am is of course 5 am on the east coast. So I am now wondering if time zone changes have an influence on my sleep numbers.