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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Chest. 2008 Jul 18;134(6):1162–1168. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-0346

Table 3.

Difference in LVEF Improvement Between Bilevel PAP and CPAP Groups

Variables Bilevel
PAP-CPAP		 95% CI
Final LVEF minus baseline LVEF, % 7.9 2.3, 13.4
  Basic model without adjustments
    for any covariables		 p = 0.01
Final LVEF minus baseline LVEF, % 6.3 0.9, 11.8
  Adjustment for baseline AHI and
    BMI		 p = 0.03
Final LVEF minus baseline LVEF, % 5.9 0.2, 11.6
  Adjustment for adherence and
    pressure		 p = 0.05