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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Apr 24;159(2):371–378. doi: 10.1177/0194599818772035

Table 3.

Time intervals to diagnosis and treatment

Days PCP¥ to PSG (n=79) mean ± SD (range; median) p-value Days PCP to Surgery (n=46) mean ± SD (range; median) p-value Days PSG to Surgery* (n=25) mean ± SD (range; median) p-value
Overall 114.92 ± 132.33 (7–711;75) 288.43 ± 190.08 (21–749;226) 157.8 ± 123.24 (31–455;129)
  Black 122.87 ± 145.04 (7–711;73) 0.329 307.2 ± 177.81 (101–749;286) 0.365 153.39 ± 120.44 (39–418;129) 0.781
  Other 85.94 ± 63.49 (16–278;76) 253.25± 212.71 (21–680;182) 169.14 ± 139.45 (31–455;124)
  Obese 113.13± 88.29 (7–398;94) 0.853 295.61 ± 236.11 (61–749;264.5) 0.840 140.88 ± 121.44 (45–418;119.5) 0.648
  Non-obese 115.71 ± 148.24 (9–711;72) 283.82 ± 158.31 (21–676;170) 165.76 ± 126.95 (31–455;138)
  OSA 102.6± 102.36 (7–593;74.5) 0.328 292.83 ± 158.31 (21–676;224) <0.001 157.8 ± 123.24 (31–455;129)
  No OSA 136.17 ± 172.37 (11–711;74) 252.4 ± 196.44 (55–561;244) n/a**
¥

PCP: primary care physician.

PSG: Polysomnography

*

Includes the 25 children who underwent PSG and surgery.

**

all kids who had PSG and surgery had OSA. The categories represented are not mutually exclusive.