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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2016 Jul 20;32:222–226. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.06.010

Table 3. Clinical and sleep related correlations with catathrenia Period number and duration.

Catathrenia periods (r) CP length (r)
BMI -0.240 0.094
TST (min) -0.220 -0.213
NREM (%) of TST -0.397* 0.358*
REM (%) of TST -0.245 -0.404
AHI (events/h) -0.101 0.710#
PLMI (events/h) -0.173 0.572#
4% ODI (events/h) -0.274 0.353*
SE (%) 0.213 -0.121
Arousal index (events/h) 0.023 -0.234
Mean SpO2% 0.196 -0.356
ESS 0.160 0.159

Data presented as Pearson’s or Spearman’s correlation coefficient. BMI: Body Mass Index. TST: total sleep time, NREM: non-REM sleep, REM: rapid eye movement sleep, AHI: apnea-hypopnea index, PLMI: periodic limb movement index, ODI: oxyhemoglobin desaturation index, SE: sleep efficiency, SpO2: peripheral oxygen saturation, ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale score.

* p<0.05 #: p<0.001