. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 23.

Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2012 Jan 17;122(2):10.1002/lary.22474. doi: 10.1002/lary.22474

TABLE V.

Comparison of Patient Characteristics Between Individuals With Versus Without Severe Retrolingual Lateral Pharyngeal Wall Collapse.

Characteristic	Severe Retrolingual Lateral Wall Collapse, n = 18	No Severe Retrolingual Lateral Wall Collapse, n = 16	P Value	Test
BMI, kg/m² (SD)	34.3 (6.5)	34.1 (9.0)	.935	Student t
Age, yr (SD)	45 (11.9	52 (10.7)	.112	Student t
Male, no (%)	16 (89)	9 (56)	.052	Fisher exact
Preoperative AHI, events/hr (SD)	45.4 (35.0)	37.1 (23.4)	.876	Mann-Whitney
Surgical success, %	38.9	75.0	.037	Fisher exact

BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation; AHI = apnea-hypopnea index.