Table II.
Variables of the study (n = 152 subjects)
| ODI | AHI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <15 | ≥15 (SRBDs) | P | <15 | ≥15 (SRBDs) | P | |
| Number of subjects | 127 | 25 | 76 | 76 | ||
| Sex ratio (M/F) | 44/83 | 11/14 | 24/52 | 31/45 | ||
| Age (year) | 66.0 (0.6) | 66.0 (0.8) | 0.64 | 66.0 (0.6) | 66.1 (0.7) | 0.24 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.1 (3.2) | 27.3 (3.2) | 0.0001 | 24.6 (3.0) | 26.3 (3.4) | 0.0013 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg)a | 117.7 (13.9) | 124.4 (14.1) | 0.03 | 116.2 (20.2) | 121.4 (14.1) | 0.02 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg)a | 75.9 (7.4) | 78.1 (7.4) | 0.18 | 75.3 (7.7) | 77.2 (7.0) | 0.10 |
| Epworth Scale Score | 5.6 (3.8) | 6.0 (4.6) | 0.64 | 5.5 (3.8) | 5.9 (3.9) | 0.49 |
| Epworth Scale Score ≥ 10 | 16% | 17% | 0.87 | 18% | 16% | 0.67 |
| ODI (event/hour) | 6.2 (4.5) | 24.2 (9.0) | n.a. | 3.7 (3.1) | 14.5 (9.1) | <0.0001 |
| AHI (event/hour) | 14.1 (9.8) | 39.5 (11.5) | <0.0001 | 7.4 (3.8) | 29.2 (11.3) | n.a. |
| AI (events/hour) | 3.3 (4.2) | 12.9 (9.8) | <0.0001 | 1.2 (1.3) | 8.4 (7.6) | <0.0001 |
| HI (events/hour) | 9.7 (6.4) | 23.2 (8.6) | <0.0001 | 5.6 (3.0) | 18.2 (7.4) | <0.0001 |
| cAHI (events/hour) | 0.6 (0.8) | 1.7 (3.5) | <0.001 | 0.3 (0.3) | 1.3 (2.2) | 0.0001 |
| Time below 90% SaO2 (%) | 0.9 (4.4) | 8.1 (11.3) | <0.0001 | 1.1 (5.6) | 3.1 (7.4) | 0.07 |
| SaO2 min | 90.8 (3.2) | 84.8 (7.3) | <0.0001 | 91.4 (3.2) | 88.3 (5.4) | <0.0001 |
| SaO2 mean | 95.7 (2.2) | 94.2 (1.8) | 0.001 | 95.6 (2.7) | 95.3 (1.6) | 0.56 |
| GM volume (L) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.59 | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.52 |
Values are presented as Mean (SD).
P value (Student's unpaired two‐tailed t‐test) between SRBDs and non‐SRBDs subjects.
a
Data for blood pressure were only available for 149 subjects (74 AHI ≥ 15, 75 AHI < 15 and 24 ODI ≥ 15, 125 ODI < 15).