About the Authors

Magdalena Wszedybyl-Winklewska

magdalenawinklewska@gumed.edu.pl

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Jacek Wolf

Affiliations Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA), Brno, Czech Republic

Ewa Swierblewska

Affiliation Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Katarzyna Kunicka

Affiliation Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Kamila Mazur

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

Marcin Gruszecki

Affiliation Department of Radiology Informatics and Statistics, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Pawel J. Winklewski

Affiliations Institute of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, Institute of Health Sciences, Pomeranian University of Slupsk, Slupsk, Poland

Andrzej F. Frydrychowski

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Leszek Bieniaszewski

Affiliation Centre for Medical Simulation, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Krzysztof Narkiewicz

Affiliations Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA), Brno, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

NIRTI SA, Wierzbice, Poland rented the authors the SAS-Monitor device. Drs. Andrzej F. Frydrychowski and Pawel J. Winklewski are stakeholders in NIRTI SA. Drs. Jacek Wolf, and Krzysztof Narkiewicz received fees for lectures on sleep apnea from ResMed. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MWW JW ES KK KM MG PJW AFF LB KN. Data curation: MWW JW ES KK KM MG PJW AFF LB KN. Formal analysis: KM MG. Funding acquisition: JW KN. Investigation: MWW JW ES KK KM MG PJW AFF LB KN. Methodology: MWW JW ES KK KM MG PJW AFF LB KN. Project administration: MWW JW. Resources: AFF KN. Software: KM MG. Supervision: MWW MG PJW AFF KN. Validation: MWW JW ES KK KM MG PJW AFF LB KN. Visualization: MWW MG PJW. Writing – original draft: MWW JW MG PJW. Writing – review & editing: MWW JW ES KK KM MG PJW AFF LB KN.