Table 2.

Results of the current study and the Edinburgh study

Parameter	Gulati et al.	Young et al.6
Patients, no.	80	94
Women	17	20
Ethnicity	Caucasian	NA
Age, y
Mean	55.9 (9.0)	54
Range	34-76	34-76
AHI, no./h
Mean	14.14	46.4
Range	0-66	0-206
Interquartile range	4-21	NA
Subjects with AHI < 40/h, no.(%)	76 (95)	57 (61)
BMI, kg/m2	30.5 (4.6)	NA
Pretreatment ESS, score	10.2 (4.4)	NA

Data are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise noted. BMI refers to body mass index; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; NA, not available.