TABLE 3.
Comparison of Compliance and Pclose among Different Subject Groupsa
| Retropalatal |
Retroglossal |
Region-wise comparison (retropalatal versus retroglossal) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance (p-value) | Pclose(p-value) | Compliance (p-value) | Pclose(p-value) | Compliance | Pclose | |
| Adult control | .042±.012 (1.000) | −24.18 ± 5.14 (1.000) | .039 ±.008 (1.000) | −25.94 ± 5.45 (1.000) | 0.217 | 0.207 |
| Adolescent OSA | .087 ±.021 (3 × 10−25) | −10.13 ±2.54 (1 × 10−30) | .077 ±.019 (1 × 10−25) | −13.25 ±2.91 (1 × 10−23) | 8 × 10−5 | 5 × 10−18 |
| Adult OSA | .072 ±.018 (9 × 10−18) | −13.23 ±3.77 (9 × 10−18) | .070 ±.016 (1 × 10−21) | −14.31 ±3.33 (3 × 10−16) | 0.189 | 0.318 |
a
Each listed mean ± SD of compliance and Pclose was calculated from all available data during wakefulness, using the inhale portion of the first occluded breath only. There were four/five/ three subjects in adult control, adolescent OSA, adult OSA group, and two slices per retropalatal and retroglossal region, respectively. Each subject had a total of six occlusions during wakefulness. The P-values in the first four columns were computed against the adult control group. The last two columns show the P-values when comparing the retropalatal region with the retroglossal region.