. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 23.

Published in final edited form as: Horm Res Paediatr. 2015 Apr 23;84(1):1–5. doi: 10.1159/000381452

Table 3.

Combined analysis of all patients with and without sleep apnea

	No Sleep Apnea (n=17)	Sleep Apnea (n=14)	P value
Age (years)	12.8 ± 5.0	8.1 ± 5.4	0.02
Gender (% female)	82	50	0.12
Asthma (% affected)	24	57	0.08
Growth hormone (% on treatment)	12	14	1.00
BMI Z-score	2.07 ± 0.14 (n= 15)	2.38 ± 0.65 (n= 11)	0.19

BMI, body mass index. BMI z-scores were calculated as standard deviations from the mean using gender and age specific Centers for Disease Control growth charts. Data expressed as mean ± SD. Continuous variables were compared using Student’s t-test. Categorical variables were compared using Fisher’s Exact test.