An overview of observational sleep research with application to sleep stage transitioning

The book by Chokroverty contains an excellent summary of sleep medicine. The manuscripts by Swihart et al. provide introductions to the display and analysis of sleep transitions. The article by Young et al. gives an overview of sleep disordered breathing.

Chokroverty, S. (1999) Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Aspects. Butterworth-Heinemann: Boston, MA.

Quan, S.; Howard, B.; Iber, C.; Kiley, J.; Nieto, F.; O’Connor, G.; Rapoport, D.; Redline, S.; Robbins, J.; Samet, J.; et al. (1997) “The Sleep Heart Health Study: Design, Rationale, and Methods.” Sleep, 20(12):107785.

Swihart, B.; Caffo, B.; Bandeen-Roche, K.; and Punjabi, N. (2008) “Quantitative Characterization of Sleep Architecture Using Multi-State and Log-Linear Models.” Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 4(4): 349–355.

Swihart, B.; Caffo, B.; Strand, M.; and Punjabi, N. (2007) “Novel Methods in the Visualization of Transitional Phenomena.” Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers.

Young, T.; Peppard, P.; and Gottlieb, D. (2002) “Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. A Population Health Perspective.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 165(9):1217–1239.