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. 2014 Oct 13;71(Suppl 2):S369–S375. doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2014.07.001

Table 3.

Patient characteristics and cephalometric measurements in obese, non-obese with OSAS with control patient's#.

Characteristics Obese OSAS
(n = 34)
(95% CI)
Non-obese
OSAS (n = 40)
(95% CI)
Control
(n = 30)
(95% CI)
Age (yr) 53.2 ± 4.8 (51.51, 54.81) 53.6 ± 4.0 (52.36, 54.84) 52.7 ± 2.6 (51.77, 53.63)
BMI 33.7 ± 2.7 (32.79, 34.61) 23.45 ± 1.6 (22.95, 23.95) 22.8 ± 2.4 (21.94, 23.66)
AHI (Events/Hr) 54.47 ± 2.7 (53.56, 55.38) 42.12 ± 2.3 (41.41, 42.83) 2.94 ± 1.4 (2.44, 3.44)
ODI (Events/Hr) 58.8 ± 25.7 (50.16, 67.44) 34.26 ± 8.6 (31.59, 36.93) 4.9 ± 2.2 (3.86, 5.94)
Parameters Obese OSA
(n = 34)
95% CI
Non-obese OSA
(n = 40)
95% CI
Control
(n = 30)
95% CI
All groups
(n = 104)
Skeletal structure
SNA0 85.62 ± 0.779‡† (85.36, 85.88) 84.28 ± 2.418 (83.53, 85.03) 84.73 ± 1.388 (84.23, 85.23) 84.85 ± 1.810
SNB0 79.12 ± 0.913 (78.81, 79.43) 78.28 ± 2.331 (77.56, 79.00) 78.90 ± 1.918 (78.21, 79.59) 78.73 ± 1.871
ANB0 6.53 ± 0.563 (6.36, 6.70) 6.15 ± 0.834 (5.84, 6.36) 6.20 ± 0.847 (5.90, 6.50) 6.29 ± 0.772
G-VL,mm 77.79 ± 9.095‡† (74.76, 80.82) 71.18 ± 2.890 (70.28, 72.08) 70.07 ± 4.927 (68.31, 71.83) 73.02 ± 6.920
BaSN 130.38 ± 0.853 (130.09, 130.67) 128.48 ± 2.80 (127.61, 129.35) 129.63 ± 5.216 (127.76, 131.50) 129.43 ± 3.39
BaN 115.0 ± 1.808‡† (114.45,115.67) 110.20 ± 5.61 (108.46,111.94) 109.93 ± 4.21 (108.42,114.44) 111.71 ± 4.84
SN0 73.29 ± 2.316‡† (72.51, 74.07) 71.13 ± 1.66 (70.58, 71.62) 71.53 ± 1.456 (71.01, 72.05) 71.95 ± 2.069
ANS-PNS 54.00 ± 2.523‡† (53.16, 54.84) 50.35 ± 3.00 (49.42, 51.28) 49.67 ± 2.746 (48.69, 50.65) 51.35 ± 3.332
PNS-Ba 47.62 ± 2.174‡† (46.89, 48.35) 45.15 ± 2.413 (44.40, 45.90) 44.20 ± 2.524 (43.30, 45.10) 45.68 ± 2.739
PNS-aa 37.53 ± 0.992 (37.20, 37.86) 35.43 ± 5.349 (33.74, 37.06) 36.70 ± 4.843 (34.97, 38.43) 36.48 ± 4.308
GoMeN0 69.21 ± 1.533‡† (68.69, 69.73) 66.38 ± 2.789 (65.52, 67.24) 65.20 ± 3.585 (64.20, 68.75) 66.96 ± 3.165
Soft tissues, mm
PNS-P 51.09 ± 1.240‡† (50.58, 51.42) 42.95 ± 3.789‡¶ (41.78, 44.12) 34.73 ± 3.290†¶ (33.55, 35.91) 43.24 ± 7.101
G 13.29 ± 1.129‡† (12.82, 13.58) 10.48 ± 0.987‡¶ (10.17, 10.79) 11.60 ± 3.440†¶ (10.37, 12.83) 11.72 ± 2.367
TGL 93.76 ± 3.358‡† (92.65, 94.87) 83.75 ± 4.390 (82.39, 85.11) 82.70 ± 4.886 (80.95, 84.45) 86.72 ± 6.492
TGH 38.82 ± 4.496 (37.31, 40.33) 37.98 ± 2.166 (37.31, 38.65) 34.27 ± 5.953†¶ (32.14, 36.40) 37.18 ± 4.673
Hyoid bone positions
BMeH 113.79 ± 4.333‡† (112.33, 115.25) 109 ± 4.654‡¶ (107.56, 110.44) 91.37 ± 7.950†¶ (88.53, 94.21) 105.61 ± 10.9
MP-H 26.38 ± 2.015‡† (25.63, 26.97) 22.93 ± 2.390‡¶ (22.19, 23.67) 14.90 ± 2.796†¶ (13.90, 15.90) 21.74 ± 5.2
H-VL 47.71 ± 2.638‡† (46.84, 48.58) 41.25 ± 4.331 (39.91, 42.59) 40.17 ± 4.001 (38.74, s41.60) 43.05 ± 4.92
Pharyngeal dimension, mm
PAS 8.38 ± 0.853 (8.09, 8.67) 7.85 ± 1.45 (7.40, 8.30) 11.30 ± 2.806†¶ (10.30, 12.30) 9.02 ± 2.34
MAS 12.00 ± 1.044‡† (11.65, 12.35) 10.05 ± 1.797‡¶ (9.60, 10.50) 15.13 ± 2.991†¶ (14.06, 16.20) 12.15 ± 2.9
SAS 7.56 ± 1.078‡† (7.20, 7.92) 8.13 ± 0.966‡¶ (7.83, 8.43) 9.03 ± 1.217†¶ (8.59, 9.47) 8.20 ± 1.128

p < 0.05 Obese OSA – Non-obese OSA.

p < 0.05 Non-obese OSA – Controls OSA.

p < 0.05 Obese OSA – Controls OSA.