Research Article
Assessment of Central Sleep Apnea Events in Children with Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Table 1
Demographics and polysomnography findings.
| | Patient groups | CA | CAI | OAHI |
| | Entire cohort () | 8.6 (0-121) | 1.4 (0-31.9) | 14.7 (0-142.2) | | Gender | | | | | Male () | 8.6 (0-115) | 1.3 (0-15.4) | 14.4 (0-141.3) | | Female () | 8.7 (0-121) | 1.4 (0-31.9) | 15.0 (0-142.2) | | Age group | | | | | Toddler () | 11.1 (0-121) | 1.7 (0-16.3) | 16.9 (0-142.2) | | Preschooler () | 8.9 (0-46) | 1.3 (0-8.5) | 12.4 (0-120.3) | | Middle childhood () | 7.1 (0-50) | 1.2 (0-31.9) | 15.1 (0-117) | | Teenager () | 3.9 (0-37) | 0.7 (0-3.5) | 15.4 (0-124.1) | | Weight category | | | | | Obese () | 8.0 (0-98) | 1.3 (0-31.9) | 18.4 (0-124.1) | | Nonobese () | 8.9 (0-121) | 1.5 (0-16.3) | 14.2 (0-142.2) |
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Data presented mean (range); CA: central apnea events; CAI: central apnea index; OAH: obstructive apnea hypopnea events; OAHI: obstructive apnea hypopnea index.
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