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. 2011 Jun 1;34(6):695–709. doi: 10.5665/SLEEP.1030

Table 2.

Risk of cardiovascular events, motor vehicle collision, lifetime costs, life expectancy and quality adjusted life expectancy associated with CPAP treatment in a 50-year-old male with moderate-to-severe OSA

10 years
Lifetime
No Treatment Treatment No Treatment Treatment
Risk of MI 11.38% 5.81% 56.25% 38.87%
Risk of Stroke 3.01% 2.07% 14.90% 14.64%
Avg. no. of MVC 0.724 0.352 1.781 0.939
Risk of fatal MVC 0.57% 0.28% 1.41% 0.74%
Undiscounted
    Cost $81,743 $92,442 $359,919 $408,845
    Life Years 9.473 9.586 23.332 25.641
    QALYs 6.518 7.194 15.572 18.425
Discounted (3%)
    Cost $70,264 $79,750 $216,934 $243,656
    Life Years 8.236 8.329 16.062 17.165
    QALYs 5.672 6.259 10.814 12.493
ICER
    $/LY-gained $ 102,585 $ 24,222
    $/QALY-gained $ 16,172 $ 15,915