Table 2– Cross-sectional area, flow and electromyogram (EMG) data immediately after lowering nasal pressure (baseline), during electrical stimulation (ES) of the genioglossus (GG) at the end of prolonged flow limitation, before awakening and after awakening

	Anaesthesia			Awake
	Baseline	GG-ES	Pre-awake	Awake
Cross-sectional area mm²
End-expiration	58.4±61.3	85.4±61.3*	88.4±26.2	134.9±126.9^#
Peak inspiration	25.1±28.9	66.3±75.5*	11.8±8.2	80.4±83.5^##
Flow L·min⁻¹	11.5±6.5	18.6±9.2***	11.4±6.4	25.1±8.3^###
GG-EMG %max
Tonic	4.4±3.8		15.7±12.2**	9.1±6.1^#
Peak inspiration	13.0±10.7		62.2±32.7***	17.7±10.2^###

Data are presented as mean±sd. *: p<0.05; **: p<0.01;***: p<0.001 compared with baseline; ^#: p<0.05; ^##: p<0.01; ^###: p<0.001 compared with pre-awakening.