Clinical presentation of patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea and self‐reported physician‐diagnosed asthma in the ESADA cohort

Summary Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and asthma are often associated and several studies suggest a bidirectional relationship between asthma and OSA. This study analyzed the characteristics of patients with suspected OSA from the European Sleep Apnea Database according to presence/absence of physician‐diagnosed asthma. Cross‐sectional data in 16,236 patients (29.1% female) referred for suspected OSA were analyzed according to occurrence of physician‐diagnosed asthma for anthropometrics, OSA severity and sleepiness. Sleep structure was assessed in patients studied by polysomnography (i.e. 48% of the sample). The prevalence of physician‐diagnosed asthma in the entire cohort was 4.8% (7.9% in women, 3.7% in men, p