. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Sleep Health. 2017 Jul 25;3(5):362–367. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.07.003

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Participants

Characteristics	20 Couples
Gender, n (%)
• Heterosexual, 16 (80%)	11 male patients with female partners 5 female patients with male partners
• Same-sex, 4 (20%)	1 female patient with female partner 3 male patients with male partners
Age, years
• Patient	49.6 ± 9.6
• Partner	50.1 ± 10.1
Ethnicity, n (%)
• Patient	Hispanic: 2 (10%); non-Hispanic: 18 (90%)
• Partner	Hispanic: 2 (10%); non-Hispanic: 18 (90%)
Race, n (%)
• Patient	White: 16 (80%); Black: 2 (10%); Asian: 1 (5%); Pacific Islander: 1 (5%)
• Partner	White: 18 (90%); Black: 1 (5%); Not reported: 1 (5%)
With college education, n (%)
• Patient	17 (85%)
• Partner	15 (75%)
Living together, years	15.9 ± 12.8
Patient apnea-hypopnea index, events h⁻¹	24.1 ± 18.5
Patient objective CPAP use over the first 90 days, hours per night	4.8 ± 2.0