The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 3 Comparison between patients with mild, moderate, and severe OSA

From: Factors affecting the severity of the apnea hypoapnea index: a retrospective study on 838 Egyptian patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea

		OSA			p	Sig
		Mild, mean ± SD	Moderate, mean ± SD	Severe, mean ± SD	p	Sig
Age (years)		53.75 ± 12.21	57.54 ± 12.59	55.19 ± 5.44	.256*	NS
Weight (kg)^a		105.02 ± 22.66	102.57 ± 23	117.28 ± 20.37	.001*	HS
Height (cm)		169.9 ± 12.27	170.21 ± 9.75	173.14 ± 90.87	.722*	NS
BMI (kg/m²)^a		32.34 ± 8.7	31.76 ± 7.87	36.47 ± 14.35	.001*	HS
NC (cm)^a		41.55 ± 5.23	40.5 ± 4.93	43.98 ± 5.12	.001*	HS
		N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Sex	Male	151 (22.27%)	110 (16.22%)	417 (61.5%)	.001**	HS
Sex	Female	53 (33.13%)	36 (22.5%)	71 (44.38%)	.001**	HS

BMI body mass index, NC neck circumference
*ANOVA
**Chi-square test
^aMild vs. moderate (NS), mild vs. severe (HS), and moderate vs. severe (HS)

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