Table 1.
Subject Demographic Data
| Young Males | Young Females | Older Males | Older Females | P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Gender | Age x Gender | |||||
| N | 15 | 10 | 11 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Age (years) | 25 ± 1.4 | 23 ± 0.9 | 66 ± 1.7 | 65 ± 0.9 | n/a | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23 ± 0.6 | 23 ± 0.7 | 26 ± 0.9 | 25 ± 1.8 | 0.03 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 122 ± 2.3 | 109 ± 3.2 | 131 ± 2.0 | 126 ± 4.3 | <0.001 | 0.006 | 0.2 |
| Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 65 ± 1.6 | 66 ± 1.5 | 82 ± 1.3 | 77 ± 3.3 | <0.001 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| AHI | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 5.2 ± 1.6 | 3.6 ± 3.3 | 0.001 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| ESS | 6 ± 0.6 | 6 ± 1.0 | 6 ± 0.9 | 6 ± 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| FEV1 (% predicted) | 96 ± 2.6 | 98 ± 4.8 | 94 ± 5.5 | 99 ± 9.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| FVC (% predicted) | 93 ± 2.7 | 94 ± 4.5 | 93 ± 5.4 | 103 ± 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Values are mean ± SEM. BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Score; FEV1, force expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC, forced vital capacity.