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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2009 Oct;109(4):1209–1218. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b0fc70

Table 2.

Table 2 A. Individual Upper Airway Collapsibility Values in Men (n=14)

Passive Active



Subject
ID
PCRIT
(cm H2O)
RUS
(cm H2O/L/s)
ΔPCRIT A-P
(cm H2O)
PCRIT
(cm H2O)
RUS
(cm H2O/L/s)



A −7.2 38.5 2.6 −9.8 54.3
B −5.7 24.2 1.8 −7.5 32.9
C 1.2 21.7 4.1 −2.9 19.5
D 1.0 25.0 0.1 0.9 22.0
E −6.3 21.4 2.3 −8.6 36.9
F −0.6 68.5 1.5 −2.1 54.6
G −2.7 15.9 0.3 −3.0 10.8
H −10.6 21.2 5.0 −15.6 47.6
I 1.9 76.1 0.2 1.7 74.4
J −7.9 31.4 1.8 −9.7 34.3
K −6.0 25.7 0.8 −6.8 36.1
L −3.8 12.3 1.9 −5.7 2.3
M −2.0 34.9 5.7 −7.7 12.3
O −4.7 13.4 2.6 −7.3 18.9

Mean
(95%CI)
−3.8
(−5.9, −1.8)
30.7
(20.5, 41.0)
2.2
(1.2, 3.2)
−6.0
(−8.5, −3.5)
32.6
(21.2, 44.1)

SD 3.8 19.2 1.7 4.6 20.1
Table 2 B. Individual Upper Airway Collapsibility Values in Women (n=18)

Passive Active



Subject
ID
PCRIT
(cm H2O)
RUS
(cm H2O/L/s)
ΔPCRIT A-P
(cm H2O)
PCRIT
(cm H2O)
RUS
(cm
H2O/L/s)



a −3.8 21.5 4.1 −7.8 17.8
b −4.6 25.6 2.3 −6.9 19.5
c −4.0 15.0 2.1 −6.11 16.0
d −8.0 40.2 3.1 −11.1 38.5
e −2.8 46.5 11.0 −13.8 80.6
f −14.5 81.0 4.5 −19.0 90.0
g −4.7 32.7 5.2 −9.9 64.8
h −13.5 67.2 2.0 −15.5 58.2
i −8.0 30.5 2.0 −10.0 28.0
j −5.5 33.3 8.6 −14.1 28.7
k −4.3 21.4 1.6 −5.9 19.8
l −1.4 26.9 1.6 −3.0 40.7
m −8.8 33.4 3.6 −12.4 36.9
n −2.2 44.3 3.1 −5.3 36.4
o −3.9 16.1 8.5 −12.4 28.0
p −5.7 22.2 6.3 −12.0 24.9
q −11.2 25.9 7.0 −18.3 22.3
r −8.3 64.4 6.6 −14.9 41.1

Mean
(95% CI)
−6.4
(−8.2 −4.6)
36.0
(27.0 45.0)
4.6
(3.2 6.0)
−11.0
(−13.2 −8.8)
38.5
(28.4 48.5)

SD 3.8 18.5 2.8 4.5 21.6

PCRIT = critical closing pressure; RUS = upstream resistance; ΔPCRIT A-P = difference between the active and passive PCRIT; 95% CI= confidence interval, SD = standard deviation