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. 2020 Jan 24;43(7):zsz322. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz322

Table 1.

Characterization of PWA-drop features according to sex, age, and body mass index

PWA-drop features Sex Age Body mass index
Women Men p <60 years ≥60 years p Eutrophic Overweight Obese p
Index, event/hour 50.0 ± 19.8 52.2 ± 19.8 0.010 54.5 ± 20.0 46.5 ± 20.0 <0.0001 51.0 ± 20.2 51.8 ± 20.2 49.4 ± 20.7 0.165
Mean duration, second 13.6 ± 2.6 14.4 ± 2.6 <0.0001 13.5 ± 2.6 14.6 ± 2.6 <0.0001 13.6 ± 2.5 14.3 ± 2.7a 14.3 ± 2.8a <0.0001
Mean AUC, %seconds 502 ± 112 554 ± 112 <0.0001 528 ± 112 527 ± 112 0.868 512 ± 108 539 ± 115a 539 ± 126a <0.0001
Mean duration-normalized index, event/hs 3.8 ± 1.6 3.8 ±1.6 0.576 4.2 ± 1.7 3.3 ± 1.7 <0.0001 3.9 ± 1.7 3.8 ± 1.7 3.6 ± 1.7a 0.035
Mean AUC-normalized index, event/ hour %seconds 0.10 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.04 0.004 0.11 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.04 <0.0001 0.10 ± 0.04 0.10 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.04a 0.012

Data are presented as mean ± SD. Data were evaluated by independent T-test and ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s post-hoc test as appropriate.

aStatistically different from eutrophic group.