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Table 1 Comparison between hypertensive patients and non hypertensive patients

From: Screening obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in hypertensive patients: a comparative study of the efficiency of the Epworth sleepiness scale

Parameters

All patients (n = 200)

HT patients (n = 100)

non HT patients (n = 100)

p

Age (years) (mean, SD)

56, 12

57, 11

55, 13

0.24

Men (n, %)

130, 65%

65, 65%

65, 65%

1

Body Mass Index (kg/m2) (mean, SD)

34, 8

34, 7

34, 8

0.41

Obesity (n, %)

126, 63%

64, 64%

62, 62%

0.72

Asthma (n, %)

5, 3%

1, 1%

4, 4%

.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (n, %)

8, 4%

2, 2%

6, 6%

.

Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score (unity) (mean, SD)

10.9, 3.3

10.0, 2.9

11.9, 3.5

< 0.01

ESS Score > 10 (n, %)

88, 44%

30, 30%

58, 58%

< 0.01

AHI(/h) (mean, SD)

45.1, 15.4

45.0, 15.3

45.2, 15,5

0.91

ODI (/h) (mean, SD)

36.7, 20.0

36.2, 20.0

37.3, 20.1

0.74

Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) (mean, SD)

131, 14

138, 14

124, 9

< 0.01

Diastolic Blood Presure (mm Hg) (mean, SD)

75, 11

80, 11

70, 10

< 0.01

  1. AHI Apnea Hypopnea Index
  2. ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale
  3. ODI Oxygen Desaturation Index
  4. HT Hypertensive