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. 2022 May 1;18(5):1355–1364. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9862

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence, including NT1, NT2, and IH and healthy controls.

NT1 NT2 IH Controls P*
n 290 199 221 595
Age, y 41.2 ± 18.3a,b,c 35.8 ± 13.9 35.9 ± 13.8 37.9 ± 15.5 .0002
BMI, kg/m2 26.4 ± 5.4a,b,c 25 ± 5.1 24 ± 5.2 23.5 ± 5.4 < .0001
Women, % 51.4a,c 52.8a,c 76a 62.5 < .0001
Medication use, % (n)
 Stimulants 69.3 (201)a,c 63.3 (126)a 56.1 (124)a 0 < .0001
 Antidepressants† 44.5 (129)a,b,c 9.5 (19)a 9.9 (22)a 1.2 (7) < .0001
 Sodium oxybate 22.4 (65)a,b,c 10.1 (20)a,c 1.8 (4) 0 < .0001
Age at sleepiness onset, y 23.6 ± 13.4 25.6 ± 12.7 22.5 ± 13.2 NA .68
Disease course, y 18.3 ± 16.6b, c 11.9 ± 10.6 13.3 ± 12.2 NA < .0001
Epworth Sleepiness Scale score (0–24)
 At diagnosis time 18 ± 3.8b,c 16.7 ± 3.7 15.9 ± 3.9 NA < .0001
 At study time 16.6 ± 4.3a,b,c 14.9 ± 4.6a 15.2 ± 4.6a 5 ± 3 < .0001
Morning sleep inertia, % 26.9a,b,c 42.1a,c 65a 0.8 < .0001
Restless legs syndrome, % 16.8a,b,c 10.1a 6.8a 2.4 < .0001
Psychological symptoms
 BDI-II, 0–63 13.1 ± 9.7a 13.7 ± 10a 12.8 ± 9.3a 6.2 ± 6.6 < .0001
 BDI-II cutoff > 19, % 23.8a 23.4a 20.7a 4.6 < .0001
 STAI-Y, A and B score (total) (40–160) 81.9 ± 21.8a 85.9 ± 24.4a 85.6 ± 23.7a 69.8 ± 19.2 < .0001
  STAI-Y, A 38.5 ± 11.6a 40.3 ± 13.5a 40.4 ± 12.8a 32.6 ± 9.9 < .0001
  STAI-Y, B 43.7 ± 11.9a 45.6 ± 12.3a 45.3 ± 11.9a 37.2 ± 10.2 < .0001
HLA DQB1*06:02 positivity, % 86.1b,c 26.19c 19.9 Not done < .0001

Values are presented as mean ± SD and % (n). *P for ANOVA with quantitative measures, or P for a logistic regression with qualitative measures, between the 4 groups. †Antidepressants were used for treating cataplexy in NT1 patients (in 6/129 NT1 patients, antidepressants were used to treat both cataplexy and depression) and for treating depression in NT2 and IH patients. aP < .05 for difference from controls. bP < .05 for difference from NT2. cP < .05 for difference from IH. ANOVA = analysis of variance, BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II, BMI = body mass index, HLA = human leukocyte antigen, IH = idiopathic hypersomnia, NA = not applicable, NT1 = narcolepsy type 1, NT2 = narcolepsy type 2, SD = standard deviation, STAI-Y = State (A) Trait (B) Anxiety Inventory.