About the Authors

Jean Christian Borel

jpepin@chu-grenoble.fr (JLP); j.borel@agiradom.com (JCB)

Affiliation Research and Development department, AGIRadom, Meylan, France

Renaud Tamisier

Affiliations HP2 Laboratory INSERM U 1042, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, Pôle Locomotion, Rééducation et Physiologie, Hôpital Albert Michallon, Grenoble, France

Sonia Dias-Domingos

Affiliations HP2 Laboratory INSERM U 1042, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, Pôle Locomotion, Rééducation et Physiologie, Hôpital Albert Michallon, Grenoble, France

Marc Sapene

Affiliation Unité Sommeil et Vigilance, Polyclinique Bordeaux Cauderan, Bordeaux, France

Francis Martin

Affiliation Unité des pathologies du sommeil, Centre hospitalier de Compiègne, Compiègne, France

Bruno Stach

Affiliation Pneumologie, Cabinet Médical Saint Michel, Valenciennes, France

Yves Grillet

Affiliation Pneumologie, Cabinet Médical, Valence, France

Jean François Muir

Affiliation Pneumology and Respiratory Intensive Care U, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

Patrick Levy

Affiliations HP2 Laboratory INSERM U 1042, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, Pôle Locomotion, Rééducation et Physiologie, Hôpital Albert Michallon, Grenoble, France

Frederic Series

Affiliation Institut Universitaire de Pneumologie et Cardiologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Louis Pepin

jpepin@chu-grenoble.fr (JLP); j.borel@agiradom.com (JCB)

Affiliations HP2 Laboratory INSERM U 1042, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, Pôle Locomotion, Rééducation et Physiologie, Hôpital Albert Michallon, Grenoble, France

on behalf of the Scientific Council of The Sleep Registry of the French Federation of Pneumology (OSFP)

Membership of the Scientific Council of The Sleep Registry of the French Federation of Pneumology (OSFP) is provided in the Acknowledgments

Affiliation Scientific Council of The Sleep Registry of the French Federation of Pneumology, (FFP), Paris, France

Competing Interests

Dr. Borel is employed by AGIR à dom, a home-care provider delivering CPAP treatment. Dr. Tamisier received grants/payment for lecture and consultant fees from RESMED. Dr. Muir received grants from GSK; board membership fees from Boehringer/General elctrics/breas; payment for lectures from Chiesi and Boehringer; payment for educational presentation from Breas and Boehringer; travel/accomodations from Boehringer, Astra, GSK. Dr. Levy received consultant fees from Resmed, Philips, Fisher-Paykel; grants from Resmed, Philips, Fisher-Paykel and payment for lectures from Resmed and Philips. Dr. Pepin received consultant fees from Resmed, Philips, Fisher-Paykel; grants from Resmed, Philips, Fisher-Paykel and payment for lectures from Resmed and Philips. Mrs. Dias-Domingos, Dr. Sapene, Dr. Martin, Dr. Stach, Dr. Grillet and Dr. Series declare no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCB JLP. Analyzed the data: JCB RT SDD JLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS FM BS YG JFM. Wrote the paper: JCB FS PL JLP.