Table 4.
Respiratory Events According to Tanner Stage. Values are Displayed as Median (Range)
| Tanner Stage |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Apnea hypopnea index (N/h) | 0.1 (0.0–0.9) | 0.0 (0.0–0.5) | 0.1 (0.0–0.5) | 0.1 (0.0–1.2) | 0.0 (0.0–0.7) |
| Obstructive apnea index (N/h) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.5) |
| Hypopnea index (N/h) | 0.1 (0.0–0.9) | 0.0 (0.0 –0.5) | 0.0 (0.0–0.4) | 0.1 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) |
| Central apnea index (N/h) | 0.1 (0.0–1.3) | 0.0 (0.0 –1.5) | 0.1 (0.0–1.3) | 0.0 (0.0–0.4) | 0.1 (0.0–0.6) |
| % TST with end-tidal CO2 > 50 torr | 0.1 (0.0– 88.6) | 0.5 (0.0 –79.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.2) | 0.4 (0.0–59.4) | 0.0 (0.0–64.6) |
| Peak end-tidal C2 (torr) | 50.0 (47–59) | 51.5 (43 –59) | 47.0 (45–55) | 50.0 (51–59) | 48.5 (45–53) |
| % TST with SpO2 <92% | 0.4 (0.0–2.3) | 0.4 (0.0 –4.2) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.5) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) |
| Nadir SpO2 | 93.0 (90–97) | 93.5 (88 –98) | 93.0 (89–96) | 94.0 (88–96) | 93.0 (89–97) |
TST, total sleep time; SpO2, oxyhemoglobin saturation.
No significant differences in respiratory events between the different Tanner stages were observed.