Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and medical comorbid conditions among study participants with OSA
| Clinical parameters | Patients (n = 149) |
Male (n = 81) |
Female (n = 68) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 48.89 (39.13, 57.08) | 46.76 (38.08, 57.68) | 49.7 (43.18, 56.3) | 0.358 |
| ASGS 3 (Regional) | 108 (72%) | 65 (80%) | 43 (63%) | 0.073 |
| ASGS 4 (Remote) | 10 (7%) | 4 (5%) | 6 (9%) | |
| ASGS 5 (Very remote) | 31 (21%) | 12 (15%) | 19 (28%) | |
| Height (cm) | 169 (163.03, 176) | 175.5 (171, 178.5) | 163 (157.15, 167) | <0.001* |
| Weight (kg) | 100.55 (88, 118.25) | 104 (90, 115.95) | 96.5 (84.5, 119) | 0.328 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 35.16 (30.72, 41.98) | 34.3 (29.7, 39.29) | 37.77 (31.72, 46.33) | 0.002* |
| Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 0.004* |
| Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 4 (3%) | 3 (4%) | 1 (2%) | |
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 23 (16%) | 19 (24%) | 4 (6%) | |
| Obese (>30 kg/m2) | 117 (81%) | 57 (72%) | 60 (91%) | |
| Neck circumference (cm) | 43 (41, 48) | 45 (42, 48) | 42.75 (39, 45) | <0.001* |
| ESS | 10 (6, 14) | 10 (6, 14) | 10 (8, 14) | 0.476 |
| Current smoker | 97 (68%) | 51 (65%) | 46 (71%) | 0.318 |
| Former smoker | 18 (13%) | 8 (10%) | 10 (15%) | |
| Never smoker | 27 (19%) | 18 (23%) | 9 (14%) | |
| Ever alcohol | 107 (75%) | 60 (77%) | 47 (72%) | 0.527 |
| Hypertension | 69 (49%) | 36 (47%) | 33 (52%) | 0.570 |
| Heart disease | 42 (30%) | 22 (29%) | 20 (31%) | 0.729 |
| Diabetes | 41 (29%) | 20 (26%) | 21 (33%) | 0.373 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 39 (28%) | 19 (25%) | 20 (31%) | 0.385 |
| Chronic Kidney disease | 18 (13%) | 7 (9%) | 11 (17%) | 0.206 |
| COPD | 15 (11%) | 5 (6%) | 10 (16%) | 0.102 |
| Hypothyroidism | 9 (6%) | 3 (4%) | 6 (9%) | 0.300 |
| Time between diagnostic and CPAP (days) | 54 (34, 115) | 43 (31, 76) | 74 (39, 189) | 0.004* |
P-value obtained via Kruskal–Wallis’s test (continuous parameters) or chi-squared test (categorical parameters) using Fishers exact test if categories had <10 patients.
Data displayed as median (IQR) or number (%).