Table 11.
Contrast between control and obstructive sleep apnea groups on a subset without differences either on age (41-55 years) or on body mass index (≥25) on the female population.
| Feature | Control (apnea-hypopnea index, AHI<10), n=22 | Obstructive sleep apnea, OSA (AHI≥10), n=19 | P value | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Clinical variables | ||||
| AHI | 4.8 (3.0) | 26.9 (20.5) | .001a | |
| Weight | 86.4 (22.0) | 89 (16.4) | .67 | |
| Height | 161.2 (6.3) | 161.3 (5.1) | .94 | |
| Age | 48.9 (4.1) | 50.2 (4.2) | .35 | |
| Body mass index | 33.3 (8.4) | 34.2 (5.9) | .68 | |
| Cervical perimeter | 37.1 (2.2) | 38 (2.1) | .18 | |
| Speech features | ||||
| Formant, F2/i/ | 2670.5 (139.3) | 2571.4 (145.8) | .05 | |
| Craniofacial features | ||||
| Cervicomental contour ratio | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | .67 | |
| Face-width ratio | 1.4 (0.04) | 1.4 (0.050 | .96 | |
| Tragion-ramus-stomion (TRG) angle | 114.1 (5.0) | 113 (5.1) | .71 | |
aThere are significant differences between OSA groups at the .05 level.