Table 1 General and polysomnographic characteristics of the patients.

From: Definition of the snoring episode index based on the analyses of snoring parameters and the apnea hypopnea index

 

Mean ± Standard deviation

Sex (male:female)

3952:1083

Age (years)

50.6 ± 13.8

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.0 ± 4.1

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

9.3 ± 4.9

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

7.7 ± 4.1

Sleep latency (min)

17.8 ± 26.2

Sleep efficiency (%)

80.6 ± 12.0

N3 stage percentage (%)

7.6 ± 8.8

Rapid eye movement stage percentage (%)

16.2 ± 6.4

Supine sleep time percentage (%)

64.6 ± 25.9

Apnea–hypopnea index (/h)

26.5 ± 22.7

Mean snoring percentage (/h)

27.1 ± 20.2

Mean snoring episode index (/h)

19.2 ± 14.9

Mean snoring episode duration (min)

0.9 ± 0.7

Mean longest snoring episode duration (min)

13.4 ± 12.7