Table 3.

Comparison between patients with and without symptoms of dysphagia: Mann–Whitney test (continuous variables)

Variable	EAT-10 ≥ 3 (N = 141)	EAT-10 < 3 (N = 810)	p
Age	62 (52–72)	62 (52–71)	0.936
BMI	29 (25.5–32.9)	28 (25–31)	0.071
N comorbidities	3 (1–5)	2 (1–3)	< 0.001
N symptoms	5 (3–6)	3 (2–4)	< 0.001
Apnea i	8 (4–15.7)	9 (4.1–20)	0.075
Hypopnea i	7 (4–13)	7 (4–12.9)	0.480
Average SpO2 (%)	93 (92–94.7)	93 (92–95)	0.342
Nadir SpO2 (%)	81 (75–86)	81 (76–85)	0.608
Sat < 90% (%) T90	7 (1–23)	6 (1–20)	0.904

Significant differences are reported in bold. Data are reported as median (IQR)

BMI, body mass index; SpO2, Peripheral oxyhaemoglobin saturation