Risk of desaturation during apnoea. Proportion of study participants in HFNO (purple line) and FM (blue line) groups with oxygen saturation >92% during apnoea. Hazard ratio comparing FM and HFNO groups, 0.27 (95% confidence interval, 0.11–0.65; log-rank P=0.007). TA, onset of apnoea. TA+x, apnoea duration where x denotes min after TA; FM, facemask oxygen; HFNO, high-flow nasal oxygen.