Table 1.
General demographics and obstructive sleep apnea parameters of the study participants
| Characteristic | Control group |
App user group |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n=23) | (n=24) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Age (yr) | 44±11 | 42±8 | 0.347 |
| Sex (male:female) | 22:1 | 20:4 | 0.187 |
| Body weight (kg) | 83.0±8.3 | 83.2±12.1 | 0.948 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.3±2.4 | 28.4±3.6 | 0.231 |
| Obstructive sleep apnea parameter | |||
| Respiratory distress index (/hr) | 25.6±13.9 | 27.4±14.0 | 0.657 |
| Apnea hypopnea index (/hr) | 20.2±16.3 | 23.5±15.5 | 0.483 |
| Oxygen desaturation index (/hr) | 14.2±15.2 | 17.2±13.1 | 0.472 |
| Proportion of sleep spent snoring at >45 dB (%) | 15.9±18.4 | 16.7±14.9 | 0.868 |
| Lowest oxygen saturation (%) | 84.1±8.2 | 80.0±7.2 | 0.078 |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.
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