Table 1.
Demographic, anthropometric, ESS, comorbidities characteristics of patients with REM-related OSA and non-stage specific OSA.
| Characteristics | Total (n = 408) |
REM-related OSA (n = 88) |
Non-stage specific OSA (n = 320) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 49.7 ± 15.8 | 45.2 ± 14.9 | 50.9 ± 15.8 | 0.002 |
| Age | 0.004 | |||
| < 60 years | 288 (70.6) | 73 (82.9) | 215 (67.2) | |
| ≥ 60 years | 120 (29.4) | 15 (17.1) | 105 (32.8) | |
| Gender | 0.002 | |||
| Male | 245 (60.1) | 40 (45.5) | 205 (64.1) | |
| Female | 163 (39.9) | 48 (54.5) | 115 (35.9) | |
| Neck circumferences | 0.001 | |||
| ≤ 40 cm | 246 (60.3) | 66 (75.0) | 180 (56.3) | |
| > 40 cm | 162 (39.7) | 22 (25.0) | 140 (43.7) | |
| BMI classification | 0.239 | |||
| < 25 kg/m2 | 88 (21.6) | 23 (26.1) | 65 (20.3) | |
| ≥ 25 kg/m2 | 320 (78.4) | 65 (73.9) | 255 (79.7) | |
| ESS | 8.7 ± 4.9 | 8.4 ± 5.3 | 8.8 ± 4.8 | 0.462 |
| Excessive daytime sleepiness | 0.338 | |||
| No | 138 (33.8) | 26 (29.5) | 112 (35.0) | |
| Yes | 270 (66.2) | 62 (70.5) | 208 (65.0) | |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Hypertension | 208 (51.0) | 44 (50.0) | 164 (51.2) | 0.835 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 95 (23.3) | 12 (13.6) | 83 (25.9) | 0.016 |
| Asthma | 12 (2.9) | 1 (1.1) | 11 (3.4) | 0.475 |
| COPD | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | > 0.999 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 64 (15.7) | 9 (10.2) | 55 (17.2) | 0.112 |
| Pulmonary hypertension | 15 (3.7) | 1 (1.1) | 14 (4.4) | 0.209 |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD, or n (%).
REM rapid eye movement, OSA obstructive sleep apnea, BMI body mass index, ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale.