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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Oct 6;164(5):1108–1115. doi: 10.1177/0194599820960454

Table 6.

Children With Down Syndrome and Poor Sleep Architecture Metrics: Those With and Without a Diagnosis of OSA.a

Metric OSA (n = 315) No OSA (n = 82) P value

Sleep
 Efficiency, <80% 101 (32.4) 27 (32.9) .92
 Efficiency, <90% 228 (73.1) 69 (84.2) .04
 Latency, ≥30 min 104 (33.7) 30 (35.6) .62
Total sleep time, <360 min 46 (14.6) 17 (21) .16
REM latency, <90 min 112 (36) 23 (28.8) .22
NREM
 Stage 1 20 (6.4) 11 (13.8) .03
 Stage 2 81 (25.9) 21 (26.3) .95
 Stage 3 6 (1.9) 0 .61b
REM
 Sleep, <20% 103 (33.9) 33 (40.7) .25
 Sleep, <10% 6 (2) 5 (6.2) .06b
 Cycles, <3 15 (5.1) 4 (5.4) >.99b
Arousal index, >10 249 (79.1) 51 (62.2) .002

Abbreviations: NREM, non–rapid eye movement; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; REM, rapid eye movement.

a

Values are presented as No. (%).

b

Fisher’s exact test.