Table 1.
Polysomnographic results (mean±SD) in controls and patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
| Controls (N = 13) | Patients (N = 14) | p-value | |
| Clinical data and questionnaires | |||
| Age (years) | 36.0±6.1 | 37.2±6.9 | 0.61 |
| Body mass index (Kg/m2) | 26.9±2.9 | 28.8±3.3 | 0.13 |
| BDI scores | 0.9±1.7 | 2.4±2.5 | 0.08 |
| ESS scores | 1.4±0.5 | 9.6±6.1 | <0.005** |
| Polysomnography measures | |||
| Sleep efficiency | 87.3±8.2 | 87.8±8* | 0.89 |
| S1 (%TTS) | 3.2±1.6 | 6.6±5.1∗ | |
| S2 (%TTS) | 59.3±6.5 | 63.8±11.3* | |
| S3 (%TTS) | 15.1±4.5 | 11.3±7.3* | |
| REM (%TTS) | 22.4±3.3 | 18.3±8.6* | |
| Arousals/h | 7.7±3.4 | 37.9±36.9 ∗∗ | <0.005** |
| AHI | 1.9±1.5 | 36.4±28.8 ∗∗ | |
| Minimum SpO2 (%) | 88.8±2.6 | 78.0±11.9 ∗∗ | |
Student's t test *p<0.05; ∗∗ p<0.01.