Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients between the compliant and non-compliant groups
From: Long term adherence to continuous positive Airway pressure in mild obstructive sleep apnea
Clinical Characteristics | Non-compliant at 12th month | Compliant at 12th month | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 165 | N = 57 | |||
Age in years | Mean | 48.4 | 52.9 | 0.004177 |
Range | (20,79) | (32,72) | ||
Gender | Female | 96 | 34 | 0.8772 |
Male | 69 | 23 | ||
Race and Ethnicity | Black | 40 | 12 | 0.5331 |
Asian | 2 | 0 | ||
Hispanic | 65 | 19 | ||
White | 58 | 26 | ||
BMI | Mean | 35.7 | 33.6 | 0.04491 |
Range | (21,67) | (21,49) | ||
CPAP Setting | auto PAP | 154 | 53 | 1 |
Fixed pressure | 11 | 4 | ||
HTN | No | 79 | 22 | 0.2803 |
Yes | 86 | 35 | ||
Depression | No | 123 | 50 | 0.04222 |
Yes | 42 | 7 | ||
Anxiety | No | 132 | 42 | 0.3521 |
Yes | 33 | 15 | ||
Stroke | No | 163 | 57 | 1 |
Yes | 2 | 0 | ||
AF | No | 160 | 53 | 0.2397 |
Yes | 5 | 4 | ||
DM | No | 124 | 36 | 0.08911 |
Yes | 41 | 21 | ||
CAD | No | 159 | 52 | 0.1551 |
Yes | 6 | 5 | ||
CHF | No | 164 | 52 | 0.004682 |
Yes | 1 | 5 | ||
PHT | No | 164 | 55 | 0.1627 |
Yes | 1 | 2 | ||
AR | No | 136 | 48 | 0.8406 |
Yes | 29 | 9 | ||
AHI | Median | 9.1 | 9.5 | 0.2639 |
Range | (5.1,14.9) | (5,14.7) | ||
Active smoker | No | 137 | 53 | 0.08011 |
Yes | 28 | 4 | ||
Bed Partner | No | 67 | 15 | 0.05781 |
Yes | 98 | 42 | ||
ESS before therapy | Median | 10 | 10 | 0.6705 |
Range | (0,24) | (0,24) | ||
ESS after therapy | Median | 4 | 5 | 0.7177 |
Range | (1,14) | (0,14) | ||
Compliance at 1st month | No | 134 | 19 | 8.24e-11 |
Yes | 31 | 38 | ||
Compliance at 3rd month | No | 137 | 14 | 1.91e-15 |
Yes | 28 | 43 | ||
Compliance at 6th month | No | 150 | 15 | < 2.2e-16 |
Yes | 15 | 42 | ||
Compliance at 9th month | No | 156 | 12 | < 2.2e-16 |
Yes | 9 | 45 | ||
Attending physicians | T | 47 | 28 | 0.01769 |
K | 44 | 11 | ||
W | 74 | 18 | ||
Insurance types | V | 77 | 34 | 0.08585 |
C | 12 | 6 | ||
D | 76 | 17 | ||