Table 1.

Characteristics of Healthy Participants and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Patients

	Healthy Participants	OSA Patients
Sample size (n)	12	33
Gender	12 male	23 male
Age, y	25.8±5.1	51.7±10.3*
BMI, kg m−2	24.9±2.5	34.9±6.8*
MAP, mm Hg	83.0±8.3	96.2±10.3*
SBP, mm Hg	117.2±12.4	132.1±18.1*
DBP, mm Hg	65.9±8.7	78.2±8.9*
RDI, events h−1	1.8±1.1	47.4±21.3*
Mean , %	94.8±1.1	88.8±3.9*
Minimum , %	89.2±4.6	69.9±8.6*
Time <90% (%)	0.0±0.1	41.1±25.5*

BMI, body mass index; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; RDI, respiratory disturbance index; Mean SaO₂, mean arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation (SaO₂) for entire duration of monitoring during a level 3 sleep diagnostic test; Minimum SaO₂, lowest SaO₂ recorded during a level 3 diagnostic sleep test; and Time SaO₂ < 90%, percentage of total monitoring time that SaO₂ was less than 90% during a level 3 diagnostic sleep test. All data provided as mean±SD.

^*P≤0.05 versus healthy participants.