Sinonasal Characteristics in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Compared to Healthy Controls

Table 2

Scores for the Sinonasal Outcome Test (SNOT-20) in the OSA group and controls. Data presented as mean (SD) and 95% CI.

Question	OSA group ()	Control group ()	value	95% CI
Need to blow	1.58 (1.32)	0.63 (0.91)	<0.001	(0.6, 1.3)
	1.39 (1.26)	0.61 (0.81)	<0.001	(0.5, 1.1)
Runny	1.20 (1.19)	0.40 (0.68)	<0.001	(0.5, 1.1)
Cough	1.41 (1.36)	0.40 (0.76)	<0.001	(0.7, 1.3)
Postnasal	1.00 (1.34)	0.23 (0.58)	<0.001	(0.5, 1.1)
Thick nasal	1.20 (1.35)	0.42 (0.83)	<0.001	(0.5, 1.1)
Ear	1.26 (1.29)	0.58 (1.06)	<0.001	(0.3, 1.0)
	0.96 (1.38)	0.46 (0.93)	0.004	(0.2, 0.8)
Ear	0.51 (0.95)	0.29 (0.82)	0.106	(−0.1, 0.5)
Facial pain/	0.63 (1.12)	0.25 (0.72)	0.006	(0.1, 0.7)
Difficulty falling to	1.32 (1.55)	0.49 (1.05)	<0.001	(0.5, 1.2)
Wake up at	2.72 (1.39)	0.91 (1.35)	<0.001	(1.4, 2.2)
Lack of good night’s	3.53 (1.26)	0.99 (1.51)	<0.001	(2.1, 2.9)
Wake up tired	3.32 (1.24)	1.46 (2.00)	<0.001	(1.4, 2.4)
	2.44 (1.56)	0.60 (1.15)	<0.001	(1.5, 2.2)
Reduced	2.44 (1.56)	0.61 (1.15)	<0.001	(1.4, 2.2)
Reduced	2.52 (1.54)	0.69 (1.16)	<0.001	(1.4, 2.2)
Frustrated/restless/	2.12 (1.54)	0.59 (1.10)	<0.001	(1.1, 1.9)
	1.16 (1.33)	0.27 (0.61)	<0.001	(0.6, 1.2)
	0.65 (1.15)	0.10 (0.39)	<0.001	(0.3, 0.8)
Subset
	1.28 (0.96)	0.46 (0.58)	<0.001	(0.6, 1.1)
Ear/	0.83 (0.88)	0.39 (0.73)	<0.001	(0.2, 0.7)
Sleep	2.52 (1.07)	0.79 (1.18)	<0.001	(1.4, 2.1)
Psychological	1.88 (1.19)	0.49 (0.83)	<0.001	(1.1, 1.7)
Mean SNOT-20	1.69 (0.84)	0.55 (0.69)	<0.001	(0.9, 1.4)

= rhinologic subset, = ear/facial subset, = sleep functions subset, and = psychological subset.