Comparing REM- and NREM-Related Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Comparing different severities of OSA (mild, moderate, and severe) regarding age, BMI (body mass index), ESS (Epworth Sleepiness Scale), arousal index, saturation nadir, and percentage snoring from total sleep.

	value	Mean	Standard deviation	95% confidence interval
				Lower bound	Upper bound
Age
Mild	<0.001	49.42	13.8	46.23	52.61
Moderate		54.85	12.1	51.89	57.81
Severe		56.63	12.1	55.33	57.92
Total		55.26	12.6	54.13	56.40
BMI
Mild	<0.001	33.31	7.6	31.55	35.07
Moderate		35.27	6.4	33.72	36.82
Severe		37.61	7.6	36.80	38.43
Total		36.62	7.6	35.93	37.30
ESS
Mild	0.005	9.01	5.9	7.64	10.39
Moderate		9.61	6.0	8.14	11.08
Severe		11.25	6.1	10.59	11.90
Total		10.67	6.1	10.13	11.22
Arousal index
Mild	<0.001	15.24	11.0	12.68	17.80
Moderate		23.33	11.9	20.42	26.23
Severe		51.48	19.3	49.41	53.55
Total		41.92	22.9	39.87	43.98
Saturation nadir
Mild	<0.001	82.92	9.3	80.76	85.08
Moderate		79.13	8.5	77.06	81.21
Severe		65.34	16.0	63.63	67.06
Total		70.00	16.0	68.56	71.44
Duration of saturation below 90% (minutes)
Mild	<0.001	10.01	21.01	5.14	14.88
Moderate		13.04	23.63	7.27	18.80
Severe		41.03	32.66	37.53	44.53
Total		32.31	32.85	29.35	35.26
% snoring
Mild	0.342	21.64	21.4	16.67	26.61
Moderate		18.10	19.1	13.44	22.76
Severe		22.00	19.8	19.88	24.11
Total		21.39	19.9	19.60	23.19