Table 2.
Comparison of age, snoring index, apnoea-hypopnea-index, blood pressure-related measures and anthropometric dimensions in patients stratified according to the presence of hypertension.
| Characteristics | Hypertension |
Statistical significancea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yesn = 28 | Non = 153 | ||
| Age, years | 50.25 (3.54) | 41.60 (4.26) | P < 0.01 |
| Snoring index | 256.80 (189.46) | 132.74 (132.20) | P < 0.001 |
| Apnoea-hypopnoea index | 24.61 (23.54) | 13.67 (16.43) | P < 0.01 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 143.93 (17.29) | 111.79 (11.20) | P < 0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 87.68 (7.76) | 73.13 (7.24) | P < 0.001 |
| Mean arterial pressure, mmHg | 106.67 (7.73) | 86.19 (7.91) | P < 0.001 |
| Neck circumference, cm | 40.56 (4.15) | 37.75 (3.56) | P < 0.01 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 102.88 (12.44) | 95.62 (14.56) | P < 0.05 |
| Body mass index | 28.45 (4.32) | 26.64 (4.79) | P < 0.05 |
Data presented as mean (SD).
a
Student’s t-test; t(179).