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. 2020 May;17(5):614–620. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201907-524OC

Table 2.

Distribution of NREM and REM SDB at follow-up stratified by baseline REM-AHI

Baseline REM-AHI Follow-Up NREM-AHI and REM-AHI
NREM-AHI REM-AHI Women Men
<5.0 <5 <5 340 (50.5%) 159 (43.0%)
≥5 248 (36.8%) 118 (32.0%)
≥5 <5 15 (2.2%) 22 (6.0%)
≥5 71 (10.5%) 70 (19.0%)
5.0–14.9 <5 <5 78 (24.1%) 43 (21.9%)
≥5 183 (56.7%) 72 (36.7%)
≥5 <5 5 (1.5%) 7 (3.6%)
≥5 57 (17.7%) 74 (37.8%)
≥15.0 <5 <5 25 (11.0%) 4 (3.4%)
≥5 140 (61.7%) 65 (54.6%)
≥5 <5 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
≥5 62 (27.3%) 50 (42.0%)

Definition of abbreviations: NREM-AHI = apnea–hypopnea index during non–rapid eye movement sleep; REM-AHI = apnea–hypopnea index during rapid eye movement sleep; SDB = sleep-disordered breathing.