25 August 2023: Clinical Research
Exploring the Impact of Positional Sleep Apnea in a Turkish Population: Unveiling the Untold Story
Makbule Ozlem Akbay ABCDEF* , Canan Gunduz Gurkan ABCDEF , Ayse Ezgi Ak BCDEF , Sema Sarac ABCDEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941425
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941425
Table 2 Baseline characteristics in OSA patients with vs without e-POSA.
| OSA patients | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without e-POSA (n=578) | With e-POSA (n=204) | |||
| 53 (24–87) | 48 (17–74) | |||
| Female | 205 (35.5) | 59 (28.9) | 0.089 | |
| Male | 373 (64.5) | 145 (71.1) | ||
| 33.0 (19.8–64.3) | 29.0 (21.1–52.1) | |||
| 37 (6.5) | 21 (10.3) | |||
| 25–29.9 overweight | 138 (24.3) | 98 (48.3) | ||
| 30–34.9 class 1 obese | 174 (30.6) | 55 (27.1) | ||
| 35–39.9 class 2 | 130 (22.8) | 17 (8.4) | ||
| ≥40 class 3 | 90 (15.8) | 12 (5.9) | ||
| 41.8 (25.0–55.0) | 40.0 (31.0–50.0) | |||
| Smoking | 277 (47.9) | 100 (49.0) | 0.812 | |
| Hypertension | 242 (42.0) | 52 (25.5) | ||
| Diabetes | 128 (22.1) | 29 (14.3) | ||
| COPD | 45 (7.8) | 11 (5.4) | 0.254 | |
| Chronic heart failure | 13 (2.3) | 2 (1.0) | 0.261 | |
| Mild (5–14.9/h) | 70 (12.1) | 117 (57.4) | ||
| Moderate (15–29.9/h) | 148 (25.6) | 67 (32.8) | ||
| Severe (≥30/h) | 360 (62.3) | 20 (9.8) | ||
| OSA – obstructive sleep apnea; e-POSA – exclusive positional OSA; BMI – body mass index; NC – neck circumference; COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AHI – apnea-hypopnea index. | ||||