Table 2.
Individual results during baseline and at follow-up
| Patient no. | Demographic characteristics | Polysomnographic parameters | Snoring questionnaires | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Baseline | Baseline | At 6 weeks | ||||||||||
| Gender | Age | BMI | AHI | % supine sleep | Supine SI | Non-supine SI | SOS | SBPS | VAS | SOS | SBPS | VAS | |
| 1 | m | 33 | 25.7 | 0.1 | 49.0 | 389.1 | 139.3 | 37.5 | / | 8 | 59.4 | 41.7 | 7 |
| 2 | m | 37 | 20.5 | 2.4 | 11.3 | 178.8 | 136.3 | 37.5 | 0.00 | 8 | 50.0 | 41.7 | 9 |
| 3 | f | 51 | 28.1 | 1.6 | 13.0 | 804.9 | 561.9 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 10 | 68.8 | 75.0 | 8 |
| 4 | m | 27 | 28.3 | 0.8 | 25.0 | 923 | 488.3 | 34.4 | 16.7 | 8 | 43.8 | 16.7 | 8 |
| 5 | f | 46 | 31.2 | 2.5 | 69.0 | 260.4 | 112.8 | 40.6 | 33.3 | 7 | 53.1 | 66.7 | 7 |
| 6 | m | 44 | 28.7 | 4.4 | 43.0 | 732.4 | 660 | 18.8 | 8.3 | 9 | 15.6 | 8.3 | 9 |
| 7 | f | 37 | 28.1 | 1.9 | 30.0 | 689.2 | 628.7 | / | 33.3 | 9 | 46.4 | / | 2 |
| 8 | f | 50 | 22.6 | 3.4 | 28.2 | 440.5 | 179.7 | 43.8 | 0.00 | 10 | 56.3 | 16.7 | 9 |
| 9 | f | 53 | 33.3 | 4.2 | 75.3 | 137.5 | 6.2 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 8 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 3 |
| 10 | f | 35 | 19.9 | 0.9 | 13.6 | 550.2 | 459 | 28.6 | 8.3 | 7 | 59.4 | 58.3 | 2 |
| 11 | m | 66 | 33.1 | 4.6 | 23.6 | 822.7 | 575.3 | 43.8 | 41.7 | 8 | 67.9 | 75.0 | 6 |
| 12 | f | 40 | 24.7 | 1.9 | 19.0 | 683.5 | 579.6 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 7 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 8 |
| 13 | f | 62 | 37.8 | 1.8 | 37.7 | 255.5 | 36 | 21.9 | 50.0 | 4 | 28.1 | / | 8 |
| 14 | f | 49 | 20.3 | 1.4 | 44.7 | 833.3 | 628.6 | 37.5 | 25.0 | 8 | 43.8 | 25.0 | 8 |
| 15 | f | 48 | 25.4 | 0.2 | 61.0 | 355.2 | 126.6 | / | 25.0 | 8 | 60.7 | 83.3 | 8 |
| 16 | f | 37 | 32.7 | 2.3 | 50.2 | 263.3 | 121.3 | 65.6 | 58.3 | 6 | 81.3 | 58.3 | 6 |
| 17 | m | 34 | 21.1 | 3.2 | 62.0 | 163.4 | 10 | 40.6 | 25.0 | 8 | 68.8 | 75.0 | 3 |
| 18 | f | 53 | 28.3 | 0.5 | 29.9 | 810.3 | 550.53 | / | / | 9 | 39.3 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 19 | m | 27 | 20.3 | 1 | 50.8 | 358.1 | 218.1 | 53.1 | 33.3 | 7 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 7 |
| 20 | m | 31 | 25 | 1.3 | 77.9 | 269.5 | 79 | 34.4 | / | / | 37.5 | 50.0 | 9 |
| 21 | f | 55 | 19.4 | 4.8 | 25.1 | 99.8 | 6.3 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 7 | 85.7 | 58.3 | 7 |
| 22 | m | 31 | 24.4 | 3 | 39.5 | 306.7 | 148.7 | 43.8 | 33.3 | 7 | 43.8 | 50.0 | 6 |
| 23 | m | 31 | 22.5 | 0.5 | 17.5 | 531.4 | 235.3 | / | 25.0 | 6 | 67.9 | 83.3 | 2 |
| 24 | f | 34 | 22.3 | 2.7 | 62.1 | 244.7 | 193.7 | 9.4 | 0.00 | 9 | 37.5 | 25.0 | 5 |
| 25 | m | 35 | 25 | 3.2 | 45.5 | 665.4 | 402.3 | / | 33.3 | 7 | 34.4 | 100.0 | 3 |
| 26 | m | 61 | 27.1 | 3.6 | 22.3 | 698.2 | 222 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9 | 71.9 | 58.3 | 4 |
| 27 | f | 52 | 23.1 | 3.5 | 25.3 | 99.7 | 34.6 | 40.6 | 50.0 | 6 | 28.1 | 50.0 | 7 |
| 28 | m | 47 | 25 | 4.9 | 41.1 | 537.7 | 370.3 | 35.7 | / | 8 | 81.3 | 66.7 | 3 |
| 29 | m | 34 | 23.4 | 2.6 | 49.5 | 150.4 | 116.7 | 28.1 | 16.7 | 8 | 40.6 | 16.7 | 7 |
| 30 | m | 43 | 27.7 | 3 | 45.0 | 703.5 | 264.4 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 5 | 59.4 | 75.0 | 5 |
| Mean ± SD | 35.0 ± 13.5 | 26.0 ± 16.2 | 7.6 ± 1.4 | 54.4 ± 17.8 | 52.7 ± 25.1 | 6.2 ± 2.4 | |||||||
BMI body mass index, AHI apnea–hypopnea index, SI snoring index, SOS snore outcome survey, SBPS spouse/bed partner survey, VAS visual analogue scale, f female, m male, / missing value