Table 1: Comparison of patient characteristics between patients with epilepsy-OSA and patients with OSA-only.
Epilepsy-OSA | OSA-only | p-value | |
Mean Age (SE) | 50.7 (4.2) | 59.9 (2.2) | 0.04 |
Sex (% male) | 78.6 | 75 | 0.79 |
Mean Body Mass Index (SE) | 32.3 (1.5) | 32.2 (1.1) | 0.96 |
Mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale (SE) | 8.4 (1.5) | 9.8 (1) | 0.44 |
Mean Spontaneous Arousal Index (SE) | 10 (2.3) | 7.7 (1.1) | 0.35 |
Mean Sleep efficiency (SE) | 80.7 (4.4) | 79.2 (2.9) | 0.7 |
Mean % Slow wave sleep (SE) | 15.7 (2.8) | 9.2 (2.2) | 0.04 |
Mean % REM sleep (SE) | 9 (3.1) | 11.4 (2) | 0.55 |
Mean Optimal CPAP pressure in cm H2O (SE) | 11.4 (0.6) | 10.7 (0.6) | 0.45 |
Mean Apnea Hypopnea Index (SE) | 30.2 (6) | 41 (4.1) | 0.15 |