. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2018 Jan;43(1):43–49. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000666

Table 2.

Postoperative data

	STOP- BANG < 3 (N=30)	STOP- BANG ≥ 3 (N=68)	P Value	STOP- BANG < 5 (N=68)	STOP- BANG ≥ 5 (N=30)	P Value
Total number of desaturation events	(N=29) 66.6 ± 62.1	(N=67) 58.6 ± 66.8	0.40	(N=66) 56.9 ± 53.6	70.2 ± 85.7	0.99
Incidence of complications, N (%)	2 (6.7%)	4 (5.9%)	0.88	3 (4.4%)	3 (10.0%)	0.29
PACU LOS (min)	591.1 ± 516.4	611.8 ± 517.1	0.82	543.8 ± 420.3	745.2 ± 669.0	0.51
PACU overnight for suspected OSA, N (%)	1 (3.3%)	10 (14.7%)	0.16	3 (4.4%)	8 (26.7%)	0.002
Hospital LOS (hr)	97.4 ± 33.1	91.0 ± 28.3	0.16	92.5 ± 31.2	94.0 ± 26.8	0.55

Data presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. PACU = postanesthesia care unit; LOS = length of stay; OSA = obstructive sleep apnea; SD = standard deviation.