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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2013 Aug 5;123(10):2364–2370. doi: 10.1002/lary.24040

Table 2.

Differences in patient characteristics between patients with and without poor sleep quality

PSQI “Poor” Sleep Quality
(> 5; n=201)
PSQI “Good” Sleep Quality
(≤ 5; n=67)
Patient
Characteristics:
Mean(SD) n (%) Mean(SD) n (%) p-value
Age 48.7 (14.3)
Range: [20–86]
50.7 (15.9)
Range: [18–75]
0.345
Gender: Males 83 (41.3%) 38 (56.7%)
      Females 118 (58.7%) 29 (43.3%) 0.028
Nasal polyposis 67 (33.3%) 28 (41.8%) 0.210
Depression 44 (21.9%) 5 (7.5%) 0.008
Asthma 67 (33.3%) 27 (40.3%) 0.301
Allergy by history 23 (11.4%) 11 (16.4%) 0.289
Allergy by testing 52 (25.9%) 16 (23.9%) 0.746
ASA Intolerance 17 (8.5%) 5 (7.5%) 0.797
Current smoker 15 (7.5%) 2 (3.0%) 0.254
Prior sinus surgery 106 (52.7%) 32 (47.8%) 0.480
Cystic fibrosis 7 (3.5%) 0 (0.0) 0.269

PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; SD, standard deviation; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid intolerance.