Table 2.

Distribution, according to age in complete years, Weight/Height ratio (W/H), Hypopnea and Apnea Index (HAI) and rate of micro awakenings per hour of sleep for children with polysomnographic diagnosis of OSHAS, according to gender, from January 2002 to July 2003.

	Girls n= 36 (38.7%)	Boys n= 57 (61.3%)	p Value
Age (years) *	4,6 ± 1,9	5,6 ± 2,2	0,041
W/H (adjusted) +	106,3 ± 17,5	108,5 ± 15,7	0,473
HAI (events/hour)*	3,7 ± 2,6	5,6 ± 6,0	0,067
Micro awakenings/hour*	7,1 ± 4,0	8,5 ± 4,3	0,144

^*Mann-Whitney test

⁺t Student test