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Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med Clin. 2009 Mar 1;4(1):57–64. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2008.11.004

Table 3.

Gender Differences in Yearly Rate of Change

	Women (n = 69)	Men (n = 34)	Combined (n = 103)	Comparison
Variable
BMI (kg/m²/year)	.064 (.331)	−.046 (.332)	.027 (.333)	t = 1.58, p = .12
FVC (L/year)	−.040 (.053)	−.047 (.103)	−.043 (.073)	t = .33, p = .74
FEV1 (L/year)	−.024 (.044)	−.032 (.106)	−.027 (.070)	t = .40, p = .69
AHI (events/hr/year)	.36 (.82)	1.10 (.1.94)	.61 (1.33)	t = 2.12, p = .04
LogAHI (events/hr/year)	.076 (.100)	.076 (.109)	.076 (.103)	t = 0.0, p = .99

NOTES: Values in first 3 columns represent X (SD) of change rate (in units shown); final column shows 2-group t-tests for gender comparisons