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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2012 Jun 27;41(3):601–609. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00183411

TABLE 5.

Sleep and respiratory data in sleep apnoeic males at baseline and after sham-continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and CPAP treatment phases

Baseline Post-CPAP Post-sham-CPAP
Sleep latency min 14.24± 1.58 11.70±1.38 11.50±1.46
WASO min 112.97 ±10.28 79.23 ±10.28* 103.11 ±8.65#
TWT min 127.20±10.63 90.93 ±10.99* 114.61 ±8.88#
Sleep time TST % 73.59±2.19 81.14±2.28* 76.19± 1.82#
N1 % 22.42± 1.88 14.67 ±1.32* 19.23±1.78#
N2 % 56.28±2.82 60.82±2.21 60.38±2.17
SWS% 6.83± 1.56 6.99 ±1.66 7.18±1.69
REM % 14.47±1.61 15.18± 1.13 13.20±1.13
REM latency min 109.28±14.63 95.69 ±12.86 110.20 ±12.62
AHI 42.12±4.87 2.46 ±1.10* 31.55±5.76#
Minimum Sa,O2 81.18± 1.81 91.73 ±1.15* 83.18±1.64#

Data are presented as mean±SE. WASO: wake time after sleep onset; TWT: total wake time; TST: total sleep time; N1: stage 1 nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep; N2: stage 2 NREM sleep; SWS: slow wave sleep; REM: rapid eye movement; AHI: apnoea/hypopnoea index; Sa,O2: arterial oxygen stauration.

*:

p<0.05 between baseline and post-CPAP treatment;

#:

p<0.05 between CPAP and sham-CPAP.