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. 2023 Oct 18;49(5):e20230036. doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20230036

Table 3. Polysomnography data and nocturnal oximetry results in cases and controls in the present study.a .

Polysomnography Group p
Control cHP
(n = 80) (n = 40)
Sleep efficiency, % 80.6 [73.4-85.3] 76.5 [63.8-82.3] 0.01
Sleep latency, min 8.2 [3.7-16.4] 35 [10.3-57.8] < 0.01
REM sleep latency, min 89.5 [62.8-140.1] 101.8 [71-162.8] 0.39
Stage 1 sleep, % 11.8 [7.7-20.8] 9.8 [6.3-14.4] 0.04
Stage 2 sleep, % 39.1 [32.8-46.1] 43.5 [34.8-48.2] 0.10
Stage 3 sleep, % 25.4 [19.9-30.7] 28 [21.1-33.7] 0.55
REM sleep (%) 19.5 [14.1-23.4] 18.7 [13.7-24.7] 0.90
Arousal index, events/h 21.9 [15.2-31.0] 14 [8.3-19.3] < 0.01
Obstructive apnea, n 10 [1.0-30.8] 5.5 [0.3-15.8] 0.26
Central apnea, n 1.0 [0.0-3.0] 0.0 [0.0-1.0] < 0.01
Mixed apnea, n 0.0 [0.0-3.0] 0.0 [0.0-1.0] 0.01
Hypopnea, n 61.0 [32.0-108.0] 34.5 [23.3-67.5] 0.02
RERA, n 4.0 [1.0-8.8] 2.5 [0.0-8.8] 0.23
Respiratory disturbance index 16.2 [8.3-33.1] 9.1 [6.0-6.0] 0.01
AHI, events/h 14.0 [7.0-31.6] 8.2 [4.0-14.9] < 0.01
Baseline SpO2, % 94.7 [93.3-94.9] 93.2 [90.9-94.3] < 0.01
Mean SpO2, % 93.9 [92.0-94.9] 92.0 [90.0-93.6] <0.01
Minimum SpO2, % 85.0 [80.0-88.0] 83 [78.3-87.0] 0.16
T90 1.0 [0.1-5.8] 4.2 [0.4-32.1] < 0.01

cHP: chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis; REM: rapid eye movement; RERA: respiratory effort-related arousal; AHI: apnea-hypopnea index; and T90: percentage of total sleep time spent below an SpO2 of 90%. aData are presented as median [IQR].