Table 1. Subject information with group averages and standard deviations (± std).
| Female | Male | ANOVA | |||||||
| Control | OSA | Control | OSA | p (F-test) | |||||
| N | 20 | 6 | 37 | 31 | |||||
| Age (years) | 50.5 | ±8.1 | 52.1 | ±8.1 | 45.6 | ±9.2 | 45.3 | ±8.4 | 0.06 |
| BMI (m2/kg) | 24.1 | ±5.3 | 32.4 | ±3.2 | 25.1 | ±2.8 | 30.2 | ±4.8 | <0.001 |
| OSA Parameters | |||||||||
| AHI (events/hour) | - | 27.7 | ±15.6 | - | 37.4 | ±19.6 | 0.1 | ||
| SAO2 nadir | - | 86.0 | ±1.5 | - | 77.0 | ±9.2 | 0.03 | ||
| SAO2 baseline | - | 94.3 | ±1.5 | - | 94.8 | ±2.1 | 0.8 | ||
Group effects were tested with ANOVA (four-way for age and BMI, and two-way for OSA parameters).