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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2009 Jun 26;15(9):739–746. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.05.005

Table 3.

Table 3-1. Comparison between OSDB patients with validation outpatient polysomnography and eligible patients who did not have validation polysomnography OSDB
OSDB patients with validation PSGs (62) Mean or % (SE)(N) OSDB Non-validated patients (49) Mean or % (SE)(N) Difference between validated OSDB patients and non-validated patients 95% CI for the Difference
Age 55 (1.8) (62) 61 (2.1) (49) −6 −11.4, 0.4
Male 69% (6%) (62) 67% (7%) (49) 2% −16%, 20%
BMI 35.5 (1.1) (62) 30.8 (1.3) (49) 4.7 1.4, 8.0
LVEF 35.3 (2.2) (60) 31.2 (2.8) (48) 4.1 −2.8, 11.0
LVEDD 56.4 (2.1) (51) 58.6 (2.2) (38) −2.2 −8.2, 3.9
BNP 475 (79) (46) 1113 (180) (44) −637 −1023, −252
Ischemic cardiomyopathy 56% (6%) (62) 69% (7%) (49) −13% −31%, 5%
Snoring 54% (6%) (61) 80% (6%) (40) −26% −45%, −7%
ESS 10.4 (0.7) (43) 9.7 (0.9) (43) 0.7 −1.5, 2.9
Atrial fibrillation 41% (6%) (61) 39% (7%) (49) 2% −17%, 21%
Inpatient AHI 37.4 (2.5) (62) 32.5 (1.9) (49) 5.0 −1.7, 11.6
Table 3-2. Comparison of AHI between the in-hospital study and the polysomnography in the validated OSDB and CSDB patients
PSG AHI Mean (SE) (N) Inpatient AHI Mean (SE) (N) Difference between PSG AHI and Stardust AHI 95% CI for the Difference
OSDB 41.7 (3.9) (62) 37.4 (2.5) (62) 4.3 −1.1, 9.6
CSDB 36.4 (7.2) (12) 49.1 (5.9) (12) −12.7 −29.9, 4.5

OSDB: Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing; CSDB; BNP: B-type natriuretic peptide on admission; SE: Standard error; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDD: Left ventricular end diastolic diameter; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; BMI: body mass index; SE: Standard error; N: number of patients with available data; Inpatient AHI: Apnea hypopnea index on the inpatient sleep study

OSDB: Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing; CSDB: Central Sleep Disordered Breathing; LVEDD: Left ventricular end diastolic diameter; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; BNP: B-type natriutic peptide on admission; SE: Standard error; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; AHI: Apnea hypopnea index, Afib: Atrial Fibrillation, PSG: Polysomnography