Results (mean±standard deviation).
| No TE-CSA (n=10) | TE-CSA (n=7) | p | |
| Analyzed events [n] | 450 | 448 | - |
| BMI [kg/m²] | 33±5 | 31±5 | 0.569 |
| Age [years] | 55±14 | 54±15 | 0.841 |
| CD [s] | 44±11 | 47±13 | 0.000 |
| DR | 0.45±0.09 | 0.37±0.09 | 0.000 |
| VD [s] | 19±6 | 18±8 | 0.000 |
| MA [s] | 24±9 | 29±8 | 0.000 |
| CMA [s] | 13±5 | 15±6 | 0.000 |
| OMA [s] | 12±7 | 14±6 | 0.000 |
| MA with arousal [%] | 83 | 94 | 0.000 |
| Desaturation [%] | 13±7 | 16±9 | 0.000 |