Research Article

Screening Sleep Disordered Breathing in Stroke Unit

Table 5

Demographic parameters of the 42 patients.

ā€‰Non-SDBOSACentralIRR

Depression (%)5.94.500
Previous stroke (%)5.913.600
Heart failure (%)23.527.300
Hypertension (%)47.163.650100
Hypercholesterolemia (%)11.813.600
Diabetes mellitus (%)5.94.500
Hypothyreosis (%)5.94.50100
Asthma (%)5.9000
COPD (%)17.64.500
Tobacco use (%)4718.1500
Alcohol use (%)29.422.700
Snoring (%)52.954.550100
Witnessed apneas (%)5.922.7500
Increased sleepiness76.540.90100

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonal disease.