Persistence, remission and incidence rates of sleep disordered breathing (SDB)
| Baseline | Follow-up | |||||
| No SDB | Snoring | AHI 2– <5 events per h | AHI ≥5 events per h | Overall | ||
| Remission | Snoring | 28/89 (31.5) | 28/89 (31.5) | |||
| AHI 2– <5 events per h | 16/45 (35.6) | 8/45 (17.8) | 24/45 (53.3) | |||
| AHI ≥5 events per h | 1/6 (16.7) | 2/6 (33.3) | 3/6 (50.0) | 6/6 (100.0) | ||
| Persistence | 110/281 (39.1) | 27/89 (30.3) | 15/45 (33.3) | 0/6 (0.0) | 152/421 (36.1) | |
| Incidence | None | 70/281 (24.9) | 74/281 (26.3) | 27/281 (9.6) | ||
| Snoring | 23/89 (25.8) | 11/89 (12.4) | ||||
| AHI 2– <5 events per h | 6/45 (13.3) | |||||
| Overall | 70/281 (24.9) | 97/370 (26.2) | 44/415 (10.6) | |||
Data are presented as n/N (%). AHI: apnoea–hypopnoea index.