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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 26;63(5):544–552. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13491

Table 2.

Polysomnographic parameters across study subgroups

1. None (n = 208) 2. OSA (n = 115) 3. ADHD (n = 54) 4. ADHD+OSA (n = 44) 1 vs. 2 1 vs. 3 1 vs. 4 2 vs. 4 3 vs. 4

Sleep continuity
 Sleep onset latency (min) 26.3 ± 1.7 22.8 ± 2.3 23.2 ± 3.3 37.6 ± 3.6 .248 .406 .007* .001* .004*
 Awakenings (#) 35.4 ± 0.8 38.3 ± 1.1 33.9 ± 1.6 38.6 ± 1.8 .058* .409 .124 .887 .057*
 Wake after sleep onset (min) 69.6 ± 3.0 67.6 ± 4.1 66.1 ± 5.9 77.2 ± 6.5 .708 .601 .308 .209 .213
 Total sleep time (min) 446.8 ± 3.9 450.9 ± 5.3 452.6 ± 7.5 428.1 ± 8.4 .556 .496 .049* .020* .031*
 Sleep efficiency (%) 82.5 ± 0.7 83.5 ± 0.9 83.7 ± 1.3 79.1 ± 1.5 .438 .435 .050* .014* .026*
Sleep architecture
 Stage 1 (%) 0.9±.1 0.8±.1 1.0 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.2 .430 .770 .018* .004* .078
 Stage 2 (%) 53.4 ± 0.6 54.4 ± 0.8 51.5 ± 1.2 53.4 ± 1.3 .366 .178 .970 .544 .296
 Stage 3 (%) 27.2 ± 0.5 25.8 ± 0.8 28.2 ± 1.1 27.2 ± 1.2 .166 .461 .984 .334 .568
 Stage R (%) 18.3 ± 0.3 18.8 ± 0.4 19.1 ± 0.6 17.6 ± 0.7 .384 .279 .434 .168 .142
Sleep disordered breathing
 AHI (events/hr) 1.0 ± 0.3 5.2 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 0.7 5.5 ± 0.7 <.001* .935 <.001* .708 <.001*
 SpO2 91.7 ± 0.3 91.1 ± 0.5 91.3 ± 0.7 91.2 ± 0.7 .372 .661 .606 .894 .918
Periodic limb movements
 PLMI (events/hr) 3.3 ± 0.4 3.8 ± 0.5 6.0 ± 0.8 4.0 ± 0.9 .486 .003* .465 .830 .109
 PLMS (percent) 20.8% 22.3% 40.7% 27.2% .772 .003* .380 .517 .124

Data are mean ± SEM adjusted for covariates. p-Values are post-hoc comparisons from multivariable-adjusted linear models. AHI, apnea/hypopnea index; PLMI, periodic limb movement index; PLMS, abnormal periodic limb movement index.

*

p < .05.