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. 2019 Apr-Jun;12(2):65–71. doi: 10.5935/1984-0063.20190072

Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics Total
N=300
No OSA
N= 218 (72.7%)
OSA
N= 82 (27.3%)
p value
Demographic and anthropometric data        
Male sex, n (%) 135 (45) 82 (37.6) 53 (64.6) <0.001
Age, years, mean (SD) 48 (8.3) 47 (7.8) 50 (8.9) 0.001
White (self-reported race), n (%) 206 (68.7) 154 (71) 52 (63.4) 0.511
Body-mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD) 26.8 (4.6) 26 (4.5) 28.9 (4.5) <0.001
Classification of BMI, n (%)        
Normal 62 (20.7) 96 (44.1) 13 (15.9)  
Overweight 129 (43) 85 (39) 44 (53.7) <0.001
Obesity 109 (36.3) 37 (17) 25 (30.5)  
Neck circumference, cm, mean (SD) 35.9 (3.7) 35.1 (3.4) 37.9 (3.6) <0.001
Waist circumference, cm, mean (SD) 88.8 (11.9) 85.8 (11) 96.6 (10.8) <0.001
Hypertension, n (%) 65 (21.7) 37 (17) 28 (34.1) 0.001
Diabetes, n (%) 48 (16) 24 (11) 24 (29.3) <0.001
Current Smoking, n (%) 35 (11.7) 22 (10.1) 13 (16) 0.159
Depression, n (%) 16 (5.3) 14 (6.5) 2 (2.5) 0.175
Excessive daytime sleepiness, n (%) 105 (35) 83 (38.1) 22 (26.8) 0.069
Sleep data (Wrist actigraphy)        
Sleep time, min, mean (SD) 396.5 (57.7) 396.9 (58.1) 395.5 (55.3) 0.839
Sleep time <6 hours, n (%) 74 (24.7) 55 (25.2) 19 (23.2) 0.712
Sleep latency, min, mean (SD) 21 (14.6) 19.7 (14) 24.4 (15.7) 0.013
Sleep efficiency, min, mean (SD) 82.8 (6.4) 83.6 (6.2) 80.7 (6.5) <0.001
WASO, min, mean (SD) 44 (18.9) 41.1 (17.2) 51.8 (21.1) <0.001
AWAKE, n, mean (SD) 32.7 (11.2) 31.3 (10.2) 36.3 (12.9) <0.001

OSA: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

BMI: Body-mass index

WASO: Wake after sleep onset

AWAKE: Number of awakenings