Table 2– Polysomnography results from the diagnostic night for patients with and without initial complex sleep apnoea (CompSA)
CompSANo CompSAp-value
Subjects n82593
TST min341.4±87.9344.2±81.60.733
SE %69.5±15.670.5±15.50.558
SL min36.1±44.929.3±33.70.204
N1 %17.7±14.715.9±14.10.286
N2 %50.4±14.851.7±13.40.429
N3 %14.0±9.115.4±10.10.290
REM %18.1±7.417.1±7.40.395
WASO min118.8±67.4117.1±71.00.657
Arousal index events·h151.4±24.446.9±25.30.061
Awakenings n66.1±41.156.2±35.30.028*
Mean Sa,O2 %92.4±3.292.7±2.90.367
AHI events·h135.9 (22.0–54.5)26.2 (15.2–43.7)0.003*
AI events·h119.7 (7.9–34.2)8.8 (2.9–22.6)<0.001*
HI events·h111.4 (7.0–18.3)12.2 (6.7–21.6)0.548
OAI events·h14.1 (0.8–10.8)4.1 (0.5–12.6)0.908
MAI events·h14.9 (0.6–17.1)1.0 (0.1–5.4)<0.001*
CAI events·h12.0 (0.3–4.7)0.2 (0.0–1.2)<0.001*
Patients with periodic breathing %18.30.8<0.001*
  • Data are presented as mean±sd or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. TST: total sleep time; SE: sleep efficiency; SL: sleep latency; N1: sleep stage 1; N2: sleep stage 2; N3: sleep stage 3; REM: rapid eye movement; WASO: wake after sleep onset; Sa,O2: arterial oxygen saturation; AHI: apnoea/hypopnoea index; AI: apnoea index; HI: hypopnoea index; OAI: obstructive apnoea index; MAI: mixed apnoea index; CAI: central apnoea index. *: p<0.05, which was considered significant.