Clinical Features and Polysomnographic Findings in Greek Male Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Differences Regarding the Age

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of Greek male patients with OSAS.

	Young and middle age (𝑛=568, m ± SD)	Elderly (𝑛=129, m ± SD)	𝑃 value
AGE	47.62±5.34	70.54±4.22	<0.001^+
BMI	33.31±6.42	32.18±4.78	NS
Neck circumference	44.93±4.06	44.72±3.41	NS
Daytime sleepiness (ESS)*	11.21±2.81	10.89±2.62	NS
Cardiac arrhythmias**	7%	11%	<0.001^+
Fatigue**	65%	60%	NS
Headache**	14%	14%	NS
Inability to concentrate**	2%	1.5%	NS

AGE: in years. BMI: body mass index (Kgr/m²), neck circumference, measured in cm. ⁺𝑃<0.05, which was considered significant, *ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale (expressed as mean ± SD), **data are presented as %, NS: not significant.