The presence or absence of disease was based on subjects' report of diagnosis by their doctors.
The presence or absence of disease was based on subjects' report of diagnosis by their doctors on 14 common chronic medical conditions (LTC).
Diagnosis of GTPS in the present study was based on subjects' report of pain as well as on a standardized physical examination conducted by trained research nurses.
Noticeably, based on subjects' reports, we found that Inverted display recognition was modulated by the previous display of the Upright model.
Each trial began with 60sec of adaptation to a stationary version of the non-dominant target (dominance was based on subjects reports in experiment 3 red gratings in both cases).
Presence of comorbidity was based on subjects' reporting of a doctor diagnosis of the following conditions reported in the questionnaire history of angina, heart attack, heart failure, high blood pressure, stroke, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), diabetes, chronic kidney disease, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, arthritis, falls, cataract and depression.
Notably, all previous studies that have reported an association between sleep duration and diabetes were based on subject self-report (22).
Moreover, it is also improbable that the differences observed were a consequence of discrepancies in nCPAP compliance because, based on subject self-report, this measure was similar between groups.
The incidence of subjects who experienced a decrease in weight that was categorized as a TEAE (based on subject's self-report and clinician's judgment) was 3.5% (5 of 142 subjects) during the dose-optimization phase with none in the crossover phase.
CVD status at the time of their RP interview/exam was determined based on subjects self-reporting a physician diagnosis of one or more of the following medical conditions: stroke, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, heart failure, or peripheral vascular disease (PVD).
