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Table 1 Baseline characteristics between home-based (Group A) vs hospital-based approach (Group B) for diagnosis of OSAS

From: Use of Berlin questionnaire in comparison to polysomnography and home sleep study in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

 

Home (n = 157)

Hospital (n = 159)

P-value

Age

51.0 (12.9)

52.1 (11.3)

0.403

Male sex [n(%)]

107 (68.2%)

118 (74.2%)

0.264

Current smoker [n(%)]

20 (12.8%)

24 (15.1%)

0.691

Current drinker [n(%)]

26 (23.0%)

31 (26.3%)

0.765

Congestive Heart Failure [n(%)]

6 (3.8%)

5 (3.1%)

0.769

Diabetes Mellitus [n(%)]

25 (15.9%)

30 (18.9%)

0.554

Hypertension [n(%)]

72 (45.9%)

86 (54.1%)

0.177

Stroke [n(%)]

5 (3.2%)

2 (1.3%)

0.281

Ischemic Heart Disease [n(%)]

9 (5.7%)

11 (6.9%)

0.818

Hyperlipidemia [n(%)]

32 (20.4%)

32 (20.1%)

1.000

BMI (kg/m2)

27.4 (5.3)

28.3 (4.6)

0.115

Neck circumference (cm)

38.6 (3.6)

39.6 (3.8)

0.013

Waist circumference (cm)

95.4 (12.1)

97.3 (11.2)

0.171

Hip circumference (cm)

102.2 (9.5)

101.6 (8.1)

0.527

ESS (0–24)

11.0 (5.6)

9.6 (5.4)

0.025

AHI (events/hr)

24.1 (20.7)

30.8 (27.5)

0.023

ODI (events/hr)*

21.7 (19.8)

22.6 (23.4)

0.724

Berlin questionnaire (high risk) [n(%)]

102 (65.5%)

102 (77.3%)

0.064

Berlin questionnaire (low risk) [n(%)]

47 (31.5%)

30 (22.7%)

0.064