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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med Rev. 2020 Feb 8;51:101273. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101273

Table 2.

Obstructive sleep apnea, polysomnography and positive airway pressure characteristics

Author (year) Metric of Use OSA (AHI or oAHI [o]) Criteria events/h AHI or oAHI (o) (events/h) Mean (SD) Median (IQR or range) Mask Type PAP Type* PAP Naïve Only Y/N

Adeleye A et al 2016 (15) PR
O
C
> 1.5 33.2 (36.6)
22.5 (11.3, 37.0)
NR U NR
Alebraheem Z et al 2018 (32) O ≥ 1.5 14.1 (13.6) (o)
9.2 (5.9, 17.8) (o)
NR U N
Amaddeo A et al 2015 (33) O > 10 NR NR CPAP (n=20) N
Amaddeo A et al 2018 (38) O > 5 (o) 12.5 (range, 5–100) (o) Nasal
FF
Prongs
CPAP (n=15)
APAP (n=12)
Y
Avis K et al 2019 (53) O ≥ 1.5 10.7 (15) NR CPAP (n=20) Y
Beebe DW & Byars KC 2011 (54) PR > 1 (o) 10.0 (6.8) (o) (Ad)
9.3 (5.7) (o) (Non-Ad)
NR U NR
Bergeron M et al 2019 (39) O ≥ 1 9.8 (1.4–76.2)
10 (0.9–76.2) (o)
NR CPAP (n=19) Y/N
Caldarelli V et al 2013 (36) O NR NR Nasal
FF
BPAP (n=14)
PS-VP (n=1)
N
DiFeo N et al 2012 (22) O NR 19 (16) NR CPAP (n=13)
BPAP (n=43)
Y
Dudoignon B et al 2017 (35) O > 1 14 (16)
8 (11) (o)
Nasal Nasobuccal CPAP (n=15)§
NIV (n=4)§
N
Girbal IC et al 2014 (55) PR ≥ 1 9.7 (5.8,18.8) Nasal
Prongs
CPAP (n=52)
BPAP (n=16)
N
Harford KL et al 2013 (47) O NR 23.6 (22.1) (New Pt)
29 (23.7) (Prior Pt)
NR U Y/N
Hawkins SM et al 2016 (40) O ≥ 1 20.3 (26.8) (Ad)
16.5 (21.2) (Non-Ad)
NR CPAP
BPAP
NR
Jambhekar SK et al 2013 (16) O NR 26.7 (30)
16.1 (8.4–35.5)
NR U N
Kang EK et al 2019 (12) O NR 15.8 (9.8, 30.5)
14.7 (9.5, 29) (o)
NR CPAP
BPAP
APAP
Y
Katz SL et al 2017 (26) MDR
O
> 1 (o) 15.5 (7.4, 25.2)
16.8 (7.1, 23.9) (o)
NR CPAP (n=14)§
BPAP (n=13)§
Y
Konstantinopoulou S et al 2016 (41) O ≥ 1.5 13.9 (6.8, 21.5) (o) NR CPAP (n=11) Y
Koontz KL et al 2003 (48) O NR NR NR BPAP (n=20) NR
Kushida CA et al 2014 (34) O NR 17.3 (17) Nasal
FF
Pillows
CPAP (n=8) BPAP (n=6) N
Lynch MK et al 2017 (13) O > 1.5 13.2 (19.6) (Ad)
10.5 (7.6) (Non-Ad)
NR CPAP (n=25) Y
Machaalani R et al 2016 (14) O NR 24.9 (22.8) (CPAP)
21.2 (21.5) (BPAP)

19 (18.4) (o) (CPAP)
9 (8.7) (o) (BPAP)
Nasal
FF
Pillows
CPAP (n=55)
BPAP (n=44)
Y
Marcus CL et al 1995 (25) O
PR
NR NR Nasal CPAP (n=70) N
Marcus CL et al 2006 (29) O ≥ 5 27 (32) (o) NR CPAP (n=13) BPAP (n=16)†† Y
Marcus CL et al 2012 (21) O NR 22 (21) (CPAP)
18 (15) (BPAP)
NR CPAP (n=13) BPAP (n=43) Y
Massa F et al 2002 (56) PR ≥ 5 NR Nasal CPAP (n=42) N
McNamara F & Sullivan CE 1999 (27) NR > 5 44.4 (9.3) (NREM)
68.6 (8.9) (REM)

14.6 (3.9) (o) (NREM)
43.6 (8.3) (o) (REM)
Nasal CPAP (n=24) N
Mendoza-Ruiz et al 2019 (43) O > 5 25 (16) (Ad)
20 (15) (Non-Ad)
NR CPAP (n=15) Y
Mihai R et al 2017 (44) O > 1 16.6 (11, 35) (o) Nasal
FF
APAP (n=26) Y
Nakra N et al 2008 (57) O ≥ 1.5/h 8.7 (9.6) NR CPAP (n=25) Y
Nathan AM et al 2013 (58) C ≥ 1 26.7 (12, 79.9) (o) NR CPAP (n=47)
BPAP (n=4)
N
Nixon GM et al 2011 (59) O NR 22.6 (16) (o) (consistent users)
22.9 (22.6) (o) (intermittent)
NR CPAP (n=30) Y
O’Donnell AR et al 2006 (18) O > 1 11.3 (5.4, 25.9) Nasal
FF
CPAP (n=50) Y
Prashad PS et al 2013 (42) O NR 14 (4–78.3)# NR CPAP (n=21) N
Perriol MP et al 2019 (23) O NR 12.2 (10.6) NR CPAP (n=78) Y
Puri P et al 2016 (24) O ≥ 1 25.2 (28.7) (o)
12.8 (7.9, 24) (o)
NR U Y
Ramirez A et al 2013 (45) O NR NR Nasal
FF
Cannula
CPAP or BPAP (n=51) N
Riley EB et al 2017 (46) O NR NR NR CPAP (n=275) Y
Roberts SD et al 2016 (60) O ≥ 1 17.6 (19.8) (Ad)
12.0 (19.1) (Non-Ad)
NR CPAP (n=100) NR
Simon SL et al 2012 (19) O NR 17.7 (21.7) Nasal
FF
CPAP (n=23)
BPAP (n=4)
APAP (n=24)
N
Sundaram SS et al 2018 (30) O > 2 NR Nasal CPAP (n=9) Y
Trucco F et al 2018 (28) O > 1 11.1 (4.4, 24.9)
2.7 (0.5, 18.8) (o)
NR CPAP (n=18)
BPAP (n=7)
Y
Uong EC et al 2007 (31) O
PR
≥ 5 28.4 (31.8) NR CPAP (n=20)
BPAP (n=7)
Y
Waters KA et al 1995 (61) NR NR NR Nasal Prongs CPAP (n=73) Y
Widger JA et al 2014 (37) O NR NR NR CPAP (n=22) BPAP (n=5) N
Xanthopoulos MS et al 2017 (20) O NR 13.8 (7.1, 29.7) NR CPAP (n=141) NR
Yuan HC et al 2012 (62) PR ≥ 5 19.5 (15.8) NR U N

Notes.

*

= n provided for those with adherence data;

= review authors calculated mean and median based on provided values per individual participant;

= n not provided;

§

= adherence data only available for a subsample but not specified how many per group;

= not exclusively OSA;

#

= AHI reported per participant in study, authors of this review calculated median and range

††

= n’s reflects full sample (n=29), not just those with adherence data (n=18).

Adherent (Ad), apnea hypopnea index (AHI), Automatic Positive Airway Pressure (APAP), bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP), chart (C), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), full-face (FF), Medical Doctor report (MDR), non-adherent (Non-Ad), non-invasive ventilation (NIV), not reported (NR), objective (O), obstructive apnea hypopnea index (oAHI; o), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), positive airway pressure (PAP), parent report (PR), pressure-support volume targeted ventilation (PS-VP), patient (Pt), unspecified/undetermined- article states “PAP” (U).