title: The relationship between floppy eyelid syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of eyelid hyperlaxity and floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), and the presence of OSA in FES.
  
  
  METHODS
  One-hundred and fourteen patients who had been consecutively admitted for OSA evaluation and 45 patients with FES in which sleep studies were recorded.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects underwent eyelid laxity measurement, slit-lamp examination and polysomnography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-nine patients were diagnosed of OSA. Fourteen patients with OSA had FES (16%) and 54/89 (60.67%) had eyelid hyperlaxity. Two of the 25 non-OSA patients had FES (8%) and 8 of 25 (32%) had eyelid hyperlaxity. There was a significantly higher incidence of eyelid hyperlaxity in OSA than in non-OSA patients (p=0.004). Thirty-eight of the 45 patients with FES were diagnosed of OSA (85%) and 65% had severe OSA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OSA might be an independent risk factor for eyelid hyperlaxity and severe OSA is common in patients with FES.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, , Lleida, Spain.
authors.forename: M Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Muniesa
authors.forename: Valentín
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Huerva
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez-de-la-Torre
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jurjo
authors.forename: Ferran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barbé
mesh_terms: D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Eye Lids