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. 2011 Aug 15;7(4):376–383. doi: 10.5664/JCSM.1194

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients completing the efficacy trial (n = 15)

Variable Value
    Patient Characteristics
        Age (y) 58.2 ± 13.9
        Sex (M/F) 13/2
        Weight (kg) 83.5 ± 13.1
        Height (cm) 169.8 ± 10.5
        BMI (kg/m2) 28.8 ± 2.5
    Laboratory sleep study
        Total sleep time (h) 6.7 ± 1.2
        Sleep efficiency (%) 81.4 ± 9.2
        Supine sleep time (h) 2.3 ± 1.3
        Supine sleep (%) 36.4 ± 20.6
    Arousal Index (events/h)
        Total 17.3 ± 6.9
        Respiratory 5.3 ± 3.3
        Spontaneous 6.0 ± 2.4
    Apnea-hypopnea Index (events/h)
        Total 24.1 ± 10.5
        REM 30.5 ± 18.4
        NREM 22.8 ± 10.8
        Supine 51.3 ± 23.3
        Non-supine 9.7 ± 3.9*
        REM: NREM ratio 1.5 (IQR 0.8 - 2.2)
        Supine: non-supine ratio 5.3 (IQR 3.3 - 9.2)

Values are mean ± SD or median (IQR).

M, male; F, female; BMI, body mass index; AHI, apnea-hypopnea index.

*

p < 0.001 vs supine.