Research Article

Screening Sleep Disordered Breathing in Stroke Unit

Table 4

Some demographic and sleep parameters of the different subject groups.

Non-SDB, OSA, Central, IRR, Non-SDB versus OSA
Median (min–max)Median (min–max)Median (min–max)Value value

BMI26.0 (19.9–32.7)26.6 (21.9–37.4)25.3 (25.2–25.3) 27.50.705
AGE 62 (45–79)69 (37–82)77 (75–78)680.131
TST426 (49–511)321 (105–490)300 (282–318)4160.116
SEI72.8 (42.0–97.6)70.3 (27.5–95.7)65.2 (61.3–69.1)67.20.236
% N18.9 (2.6–41.2)9.0 (1.8–23.0)12.5 (11.9–13.1)8.20.962
% N245.9 (33.1–73.9)57.8 (3.3–83.2)44.7 (42.7–46.7)53.60.168
% N312.4 (3.3–26.2)4.3 (0–23.6)1.5 (1.1–1.8)2.40.005
% REM6.9 (0–22.3)10.8 (1.0–31.2)6.9 (5.2–8.5)3.10.539
ODI41.8 (0–8.2)16.4 (0–64.8)9.7 (4.2–15.1)0.70.000
SaO2min (%)87 (80–91)85 (75–93)87 (84–89)850.053
SaO2mean (%)93.6 (90.7–97.1)93.3 (89.5–96.8)94.5 (93.3–95.7)91.70.975
Pulse (bpm)61 (50–86)58 (46–78)51 (50–52)510.133
NIHSS2 (0–6)1 (0–4)3 (2–4)10.138
Neck (cm)40 (34–44)41 (38–53)41 (40–42)390.231

NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Neck: neck circumference in centimeters.
The rest of the abbreviations are as in Tables 1 and 3. Statistical comparisons between the Non-SDB group and the OSA group with the Mann-Whitney test.