OSAS Surgery and Postoperative Discomfort: Phase I Surgery versus Phase II Surgery

Table 1

Main demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients enrolled in this study. I phase group versus II phase group.

	I phase ()	II phase ()	value
Age, years [mean (SD)]	42 (12)	39 (11)	0.419^*
Gender, males [ (%)]	7 (77.8)	10 (52.6)	0.249^**
Dental class [ (%)]
II	9 (100)	17 (89.5)	0.999^**
III	0 (0)	2 (10.5)
Preoperative AHI [mean (SD)]	30.6 (14.0)	28.4 (10.9)	0.691^*
Postoperative AHI [mean (SD)]	7.3 (4.1)	3.2 (2.4)	0.018^*
Preoperative BMI [mean (SD)]	32.3 (4.6)	31.8 (3.8)	0.767^*
BMI at 6 months [mean (SD)]	29.7 (3.9)	29.2 (4.3)	0.796^*
Postoperative day at discharge [mean (SD)]	5.4 (1.0)	3.6 (0.9)	<0.001^*

Student’s -test; ^**Fisher’s exact test.