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. 2015 Mar;135(3):e662–e671. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3099

TABLE 5.

Spearman Correlations (ρ) Between Baseline PSQ or PSG and Outcomes (7-mo Change Scores) After Adenotonsillectomy

NEPSY-A/E BRIEF Conners CBCL PedsQL Child PedsQL Parent OSAS-18 ESS
OSAS assessments
PSQ scale
 Total score −.052 .329*** .446*** .386*** −.181** −.379*** .338*** .185**
  Snoring subscale .047 −.036 .047 .056 .025 .038 .015 .056
  Sleepiness subscale −.081 .037 .094 .079 −.062 −.125 .215** .077
  Inattention and hyperactivity subscale −.079 .495*** .573*** .471*** −.232** −.384*** .279*** .117
PSG variables
 AHI .014 −.023 −.014 −.002 −.165* −.036 .048 .115
 ODI3% −.011 .011 .034 .021 −.121 −.071 .088 .124
 ETco2 values >50 mm Hg .089 −.054 −.072 −.050 −.067 .080 −.149 .102
 Arousal index .046 −.083 −.084 −.122 −.068 .121 −.055 −.093
 Total sleep time, min .095 −.118 −.132 −.092 .008 .028 −.150* .095
  Percentage N1 sleep −.043 .032 .046 −.024 −.093 .062 .032 −.038
  Percentage N2 sleep −.067 −.129 −.064 −.135 .135 .029 −.025 .131
  Percentage N3 sleep .154* .107 .068 .144 −.028 −.094 .016 −.155*
  Percentage REM sleep .004 .123 .094 .089 −.050 −.015 −.057 .165*

N1, non-REM stage 1 sleep; N2, non-REM stage 2 sleep; N3, non-REM stage 3 sleep.

*

P < .05; ** P ≤ .01; *** P ≤ .001.