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. 2007 Dec 1;30(12):1756–1769. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.12.1756

Table 1.

PhysioNet Sleep Apnea Database Analysis

Measure No Apnea (n=20) Moderate Apnea (n=10) Severe Apnea (n=40) Combined (n=70)
Age(y) 32.6 ± 5.4 47.2 ± 5.9 50.9 ± 8.3 45.1 ± 10.8
Sex (M/F) 11 / 9 8 / 2 38 / 2 57 / 13
AHI, events/h of sleep 0.04 ± 0.10 12.1 ± 12 46 ± 22.6 28 ± 27.5
Apnea Time (min) 0 0.1 ± 0.07 0.62 ± 0.22 0.37 ± 0.34
e-LFC (proportion of spectral windows) 0.08 ± 0.05 0.25 ± 0.14 0.58 ± 0.27 0.39 ± 0.31
e-LFCNB (proportion of spectral windows) 0.002 ± 0.007 0.02 ± 0.04 0.20 ± 0.20 0.12 ± 0.18
e-LFCBB (proportion of spectral windows) 0.08 ± 0.05 0.23 ± 0.12 0.38 ± 0.20 0.28 ± 0.21

AHI: Apnea-hypopnea index

Apnea Time = proportion of total sleep time in apnea or hypopnea, by human visual scoring

LFC: low frequency coupling

e-LFC: elevated LFC

e-LFCNB: narrow spectral band eLFC

e-LFCBB: broad spectral band ELFC