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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Neuropsychol. 2009 Sep;34(5):601–614. doi: 10.1080/87565640903133566

Table 1.

Overnight sleep study findings

parameter control(1)
mean±sd
[range]
OSA(2)
mean±sd
[range]
OSA+(3)
mean±sd
[range]
Kruskal-Wallis
Anova
Multiple comparison z’
H (2,75) = p-value groups p-value
Sleep Efficiency Index (%) 92.3±4.7 92.1±5.8 90.7±3.3 1.78 0.4096
Sleep Onset Latency (min) 18±17.2 18.8±22.2 22.5±21.9 0.29 0.8633
REM latency (min) 129.3±59.2 127±39.3 146.9±55.3 1.34 0.5126
Number of awakenings 5.5±5.6 4.5±4.88 3.9±2.8 0.59 0.7431
Total sleep time (hr) 8.2±0.5 8.1±0.6 7.8±0.5 4.59 0.1006
Stage 1 (% TST) 6.7±4.9 10.7±8.3 8.8±8.6 4.84 0.0890
Stage 2 (% TST) 45.8±7.3 46.1±9 46.6±12.3 0.19 0.9099
Stage 3 (% TST) 4.6±2.0 6.3±2 7.1±3 13.50 0.0012 1 vs. 2: 2.9
1 vs. 3: 2.9
0.01
0.01
Stage 4 (% TST) 16.8±5.1 12.9±7.3 15.8±7 5.56 0.0620
NREM (% TST) 18.5±1.7 19±1.33 19.6±2 1.98 0.3715
REM (% TST) 25.6±6.9 24±5.3 21.7±8.1 1.51 0.4705
Apnea Hypopnea Index 0.56±0.4
[0 – 1.54]
6.02±2.87
[3.01 – 12.14]
6.03±2.04
[3.31 – 8.79]
54.35 0.0000 1 vs. 2: 6.5
1 vs. 3: 5
0.00
0.00
Apnea Index 0.5±0.38
[0 – 1.54]
1.72±1.95
[0 – 9.27]
1.39±1.28
[0 – 3.97]
17.47 0.0002 1 vs. 2: 4 0.00001
Obstructive Apnea Index 0.03±0.06
[0 – 0.24]
1.21±2.13
[0 – 9.15]
1.11±1.34
[0 – 3.84]
30.36 0.0000 1 vs. 2: 4.2
1 vs. 3: 3.6
0.00001
0.00001
Hypopnea Index 0.06±0.09
[0 – 0.26]
4.3±2.42
[0.45 – 9.87]
4.64±2
[2.68 – 8.52]
58.16 0.0000 1 vs. 2: 6.4
1 vs. 3: 5.2
0.000
0.0000001
Obstructive Apnea Hypopnea Index 0.08±0.1
[0 – 0.38]
5.5±2.8
[2.29 – 11.92]
5.75±2.08
[2.93 – 8.79]
56.22 0.0000
1 vs. 2: 6.4
1 vs. 3: 5.1
0.000
0.0000001
Nadir SaO2 94.3±1.5 87±6.7 83.4±7 45.13 0.0000
1 vs. 2: 6.6
1 vs. 3: 4.9
0.000
0.0000001
Spontaneous Arousal Index (%TST) 8.2±3.8 7.3±4 6.3±4.6 2.06 0.3575
Respiratory Arousal Index (%TST) 0.6±0.9 5.6±3.9 4.3±3.8 27.38 0.0000
1 vs. 2: 4.9
1 vs. 3: 2.8
0.0000001
0.02
Total Arousal Index (%TST) 9.2±3.6 13.4±5.6 11.2±5.8 8.40 0.0150 1 vs. 2: 2.9 0.01
Sleep Pressure Score 0.05±0.14 0.25±0.26 0.24±0.22 21.70 0.0000 1 vs. 2: 4.2
1 vs. 3: 2.9
0.0001
0.01

Italicized: significant without Bonferonni correction.

Bold: significant with Bonferonni correction.