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

Table 4.

Comparison by Spectrographic Phenotypes - Titration

Measure Successful Titration n=42 Failed Titration n=35 P
Conventional polysomnographic analysis
    Total Sleep Time (TST, min) 379.6 ± 70.1 220.6 ± 48.6 0.04
    Wake After Sleep Onset 9.7 ± 4.7 27.9 ± 11.2 0.02
    Sleep Efficiency 90.6 ± 8.1 72.4 ± 9.6 0.01
    Stage I % TST 8.5 ± 2.2 16.9 ± 6.2 0.01
    Stage III+IV % TST 18.9 ± 4.4 4.6 ± 3.1 < 0.001
    Stage REM %TST 18.9 ± 7.2 18.1 ± 6.2 0.1
    Arousal index (per h of sleep) 18.8 ± 4.1 32.5 ± 6.9 0.001
    Apnea Hypopnea Index (per h of sleep) 8.4 ± 2.5 33.9 ± 7.8 < 0.001
    Central Apnea Index (per h of sleep) 0.7 ± 1.2 15.9 ± 6.4 < 0.001
    Obstructive Apnea Index (per h of sleep) 1.7 ± 0.9 3.6 ± 2.1 0.04
    Periodic Limb Movement Index (per h of sleep) 5.7 ± 3.2 6.3 ± 3.7 0.2
    Minimal nocturnal oxygen saturation 96.3 ± 3.3 88.8 ± 6.4 0.01
Spectrographic analysis
    Low Frequency Coupling (% of spectral windows) 12.6 ± 4.7 56.7 ± 7.3 < 0.001
    High Frequency Coupling (% of spectral windows) 72.2 ± 9.2 21.9 ± 4.6 < 0.001
    e-LFCBB (% of spectral windows) 14.3 ± 3.4 28.6 ± 7.9 < 0.01
    e-LFCNB (% of spectral windows) 1.4 ± 2.1 19.2 ± 5.4 < 0.001
    Very low frequency coupling, % of spectral windows 14.3 ± 4.1 20.8 ± 6.3 0.01

Total Sleep Time includes split night studies (40/77).