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. 2024 May 18;28(4):1847–1856. doi: 10.1007/s11325-024-03056-7

Table 2.

Demographic variables, cognitive complaints, depression, anxiety and cognitive impairments

Range OSA Stroke p-value1 Brain tumor p-value1 COPD p-value1
N = 86 N = 166 N = 197 N = 204
Demographics
  Sex (% female) 0–100 21% 34%* .04 66%***  < .001 52%  < .001
  Age  > 18 50.0 (10.2) 64.1 (12.6)***  < .001 52.3 (13.3) .21 61.3 (8.6)  < .001
  Education 1–7 5.3 (1.0) 4.6 (1.4)* .01 5.0 (1.2) .24 4.1 (1.2)  < .001
  AHI  > 5 24.5 (19.7) na na na na na
Cognitive complaints
  CFQ significant cognitive complaints (%) 0–100 30.2% 17.5%* .04 13.8%**  < .01 22.7% .22
  CFQ forgetfulness 0–32 13.3 (5.1) 11.4 (5.2)* .01 11.1 (5.7)**  < .01 13.2 (4.4) .83
  CFQ distractibility 0–32 11.6 (4.8) 9.4 (5.0)**  < .01 8.9 (5.1)***  < .001 11.8 (4.0) .84
  CFQ false triggering 0–32 8.3 (4.9) 6.8 (4.4)* .03 6.8 (4.6)* .03 8.9 (4.1) .34
Depression and anxiety
  HADS depression score 0–21 5.3 (3.5) 5.2 (3.8) .80 3.6 (3.1)***  < .001 7.1 (3.9)  < .001
  HADS clinical symptoms depression(%) 0–100 29.1% 30.1% .86 9.6%***  < .001 44,1% .03
  HADS anxiety score 0–21 5.9 (3.3) 4.7 (3.9)* .04 4.6 (3.7)* .02 7.3 (4.3) .01
  HADS clinical symptoms anxiety (%) 0–100 29.1% 21.1% .21 18.8% .08 50.0%  < .01
Cognitive impairments
  Verbal memory (%) 0–100 24.0% 8.7%* .01 26.9% .57 14.5% .09
  Cognitive flexibility (%) 0–100 30.2% 2.4%***  < .001 23.4% .14 25.4% .23
  Processing speed (%) 0–100 8.2% 19.3% .06 17.8% .10 26.4% .01

AHI = Apnea/Hypopnea Index, CFQ = Cognitive Failure Questionnaire, HADS = Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, na = not applicable,

1compared to OSA, * < .05, ** < .01, *** < .001