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. 2012 Jan 29;2012:373025. doi: 10.1155/2012/373025

Table 1.

Group pre- and post-maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) demographic- and polysomnographic-matched pair data.

n Pre-MMA
(mean ± SD)
Post MMA
(mean ± SD)
P value
ESS 14 13.6 ± 5.4 8.8 ± 3.3 0.0063**
BMI (kg/m2) 18 30.5 ± 6.0 30.3 ± 5.3 0.7
AHI (number/hour) 24 45.4 ± 26.4 7.8 ± 10.5 <0.0001**
Sleep efficiency (%) 17 72.2 ± 18.9 78.6 ± 16.7 0.2
 Stage N1 (%) 15 22.3 ± 15.9 14.2 ± 11.2 0.08
 Stage N2 (%) 15 55.4 ± 12.1 55.3 ± 8.3 0.97
 Stage N3 (%) 15 10.7 ± 10.2 15.3 ± 8.3 0.04**
 Stage R (%) 16 9.1 ± 7.2 15.2 ± 6.9 0.0078**
Respiratory-related arousals (events/hour) 12 49.0 ± 21.4 11.5 ± 14.9 0.0002**
Lowest oxyhemoglobin saturation (%) 21 81.2 ± 8.0 86.2 ± 5.6 0.03**
Time in supine position (%) 12 44.4 ± 28.5 41.7 ± 28.9 0.7

Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; BMI: body mass index (kg/m2); AHI: apnea-hypopnea index (apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep); N: non-rapid eye movement sleep; R: rapid eye movement sleep.