. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2010 May 13;11(6):540–544. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.01.008

Table 2.

Comparison of MRI measures (median, in mm (interquartile range)) between ischemic stroke patients with and without sleep apnea.

	OSA	No OSA	p-value
Retropalatal distance	3 (2,5)	6 (5,7)	0.03
Soft palate length	39 (38,44)	39 (39, 44)	1.00
Maximum palatal thickness	10 (8, 13)	10 (8, 11)	0.84
Retroglossal space	12 (9,15)	12 (8,19)	0.70
Tongue length^*	67 (60,73)	61 (58,74)	0.83
Nasopharygeal airway (in cm²)	4 (3, 4)	4 (4,5)	0.27
Total lateral pharyngeal soft tissue thickness	75 (73, 79)	80 (79, 83)	0.21
High retro pharyngeal airway area^§	2 (1,2)	2 (1,2)	0.78

available among n=26

^§

available among n=24

OSA: Obstructive sleep apnea