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Table 1 Basic demographic and sleep parameters of the patients with acromegaly

From: A retrospective study of the role of hypercapnia in patients with acromegaly

Variables

Eucapnic acromegaly (n = 69)

Hypercapnic acromegaly (n = 25)

P value

Age, y

46.6 ± 11.4

45.9 ± 12.9

0.836

Male, n (%)

40 (57.8%)

18 (72.0%)

0.139

BMI, kg/m2

26.2 (24.1–29.4)

27.1 (26.0–29.7)

0.079

BMI > 25, n (%)

43 (62.3%)

23 (92.0%)

0.005

disease duration, y

6.0 (3.0–10.0)

5.0 (3.0–7.0)

0.763

SSA before surgery

12 (17.4%)

5 (20.0%)

0.768

DM, n (%)

17 (24.6%)

9 (36.0%)

0.277

Hypertension, n (%)

26 (37.7%)

12 (48.0%)

0.368

Current smoking, n (%)

8 (11.6%)

4 (16.0%)

0.572

Supine-AHI, /h

24.7 (11.5–49.5)

41.6 (16.0–53.9)

0.409

AHI, /h

14.6 (8.1–31.2)

37.8 (10.8–57.4)

0.076

AHI > 30, n (%)

19 (27.5%)

13 (52.0%)

0.027

ODI, /h

14.4 (6.1–25.1)

29.4 (9.9–58.2)

0.035

LSpO2, %

85.0 (79.5–89.0)

79.0 (66.0–84.0)

0.013

T90, %

0.4 (0.0–3.3)

1.9 (0.3–26.8)

0.012

  1. BMI Body mass index, SSA Somatostatin analogue, DM Diabetes mellitus, AHI Apnea hypopnea index, ODI Oxygen desaturation index, LSpO2 Lowest pulse oxygen saturation, T90 Time spent with SpO2 < 90%