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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Apr;27(2):135–141. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000619

Table 2.

Baseline participant characteristics

Overall
(n=223)
STOP-BANG <3
(n=87)
STOP-BANG ≥3
(n=136)
p-value
Participant Characteristics
Age 61.1 (15.5) 54.7 (17.7) 65.3 (12.4) <0.001
Female 113 (50.7%) 63 (72.4%) 50 (36.8%) <0.001
Inpatient status 101 (45.3%) 43 (49.4%) 58 (42.6%) 0.39
Body mass index 26.9 (7.1) 24.4 (5.3) 28.5 (7.6) <0.001
Bicarbonate 27.2 (3.5) 27.4 (3.3) 27.1 (3.6) 0.57
Baseline oxygen (lpm) 2.0 [2.0, 2.0] 2.0 [2.0, 2.0] 2.0 [2.0, 2.0] 0.47
Past Medical History
CAD 48 (21.5%) 12 (13.8%) 36 (26.5%) 0.04
Heart failure 18 (8.1%) 3 (3.4%) 15 (11.0%) 0.08
Atrial fibrillation/flutter 25 (11.2%) 6 (6.9%) 19 (14.0%) 0.16
COPD 63 (28.3%) 18 (20.7%) 45 (33.1%) 0.06
Asthma 14 (6.3%) 5 (5.7%) 9 (6.6%) >0.99
Interstitial lung disease 13 (5.8%) 5 (5.7%) 8 (5.9%) >0.99
Renal disease* 30 (13.5%) 9 (10.3%) 21 (15.4%) 0.38
Home Medications
Benzodiazepine 27 (12.1%) 14 (16.1%) 13 (9.6%) 0.21
Opioid 39 (17.5%) 17 (19.5%) 22 (16.2%) 0.64
Bronchoscopic Factors
Procedure types performed:
 Bronchoalveolar lavage 140 (62.8%) 58 (66.7%) 82 (60.3%) 0.41
 Microscopy brush 55 (24.7%) 21 (24.1%) 34 (25.0%) >0.99
 Cytology brush 36 (16.1%) 14 (16.1%) 22 (16.2%) >0.99
 Endobronchial biopsy 91 (40.8%) 35 (40.2%) 56 (41.2%) >0.99
 Endobronchial ultrasound 101 (45.3%) 36 (41.4%) 65 (47.8%) 0.42
 Interventional bronchoscopy 8 (3.6%) 4 (4.6%) 4 (2.9%) 0.71
Total number of different procedure types performed 2.4 (1.4) 2.4 (1.4) 2.4 (1.4) 0.74
Procedural medications:
 Fentanyl dose (mcg) 100. [75, 175] 113 [75, 188] 100 [75, 150] 0.37
 Midazolam dose (mg) 5.0 [4.0, 8.0] 6.0 [4.0, 9.0] 5.0 [3.0, 8.0] 0.20
Procedure duration (min) 30. [16, 58] 30. [16, 54] 31. [16, 65] 0.55

CAD = coronary artery disease, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lpm = liters per minute

*

Renal disease defined as GFR < 60.

Data shown as mean +/− standard deviation, median [interquartile range], or N(%). P-values for continuous variables are from an t-test for normally distributed variables, a Kruskal Wallis test for non-normal data. Categorical variable p-values are from a chi-square test for homogeneity.