Table 1 Characteristics by OSA severity.

From: Impact of tongue fat volume on obstructive sleep apnea in non-obese patients

 

Normal

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Overall

(n = 36)

(n = 25)

(n = 14)

(n = 9)

(n = 86)

Age

 Mean (SD)

38.2 (10.9)

44.7 (10.1)

41.9 (10.9)

52.4 (9.03)

42.2 (11.2)

 Median [Min, Max]

38.0 [20.0, 61.0]

42.0 [30.0, 71.0]

42.0 [25.0, 66.0]

55.0 [31.0, 60.0]

42.0 [20.0, 71.0]

Gender

 Female

8 (22.2%)

3 (12.0%)

3 (21.4%)

1 (11.1%)

16 (18.6%)

 Male

28 (77.8%)

22 (88.0%)

11 (78.6%)

8 (88.9%)

70 (81.4%)

BMI (kg/m2)

 Mean (SD)

26.5 (2.64)

28.0 (2.90)

28.1 (3.27)

29.5 (1.67)

27.5 (2.89)

 Median [Min, Max]

26.5 [19.6, 32.8]

28.2 [22.5, 34.0]

28.4 [22.1, 33.6]

29.2 [27.3, 32.1]

27.2 [19.6, 34.0]

BMI category

 Normal

9 (25.0%)

4 (16.0%)

2 (14.3%)

0 (0%)

16 (18.6%)

 Overweight

23 (63.9%)

15 (60.0%)

8 (57.1%)

6 (66.7%)

53 (61.6%)

 Obese

4 (11.1%)

6 (24.0%)

4 (28.6%)

3 (33.3%)

17 (19.8%)

Height (in)

 Mean (SD)

69.7 (3.28)

70.3 (3.05)

70.3 (3.75)

68.8 (2.54)

69.9 (3.20)

 Median [Min, Max]

70.0 [63.0, 76.0]

70.0 [65.0, 76.5]

70.0 [62.0, 76.0]

69.0 [65.0, 73.0]

70.0 [62.0, 76.5]

Weight (lbs)

 Mean (SD)

186 (22.6)

198 (30.3)

199 (26.7)

198 (11.9)

193 (25.6)

 Median [Min, Max]

186 [129, 231]

203 [135, 265]

209 [150, 235]

199 [186, 220]

191 [129, 265]

Tongue volume

 Mean (SD)

94,200 (15,200)

98,300 (17,600)

103,000 (14,700)

97,300 (8,300)

96,800 (15,600)

 Median [Min, Max]

95,400 [56,700, 121,000]

94,700 [61,900, 140,000]

107,000 [75,700, 124,000]

94,700 [88,000, 111,000]

95,700 [56,700, 140,000]

Mean signal

 Mean (SD)

637 (404)

623 (452)

732 (418)

589 (426)

644 (419)

 Median [Min, Max]

742 [161, 1330]

303 [121, 1490]

924 [139, 1250]

312 [213, 1140]

734 [121, 1490]

Fat signal

 Mean (SD)

2,100 (1,200)

1,980 (1,230)

2,340 (1,150)

1,930 (1,210)

2,080 (1,190)

 Median [Min, Max]

2,700 [464, 3,710]

1,330 [505, 4,070]

2,880 [741, 3,690]

1,110 [737, 3,510]

2,610 [464, 4,070]

Fat fraction

 Mean (SD)

0.300 (0.0672)

0.303 (0.0869)

0.295 (0.0724)

0.291 (0.0677)

0.301 (0.0733)

 Median [Min, Max]

0.302 [0.152, 0.493]

0.276 [0.159, 0.491]

0.299 [0.147, 0.384]

0.286 [0.195, 0.423]

0.302 [0.147, 0.493]

Fat Volume

 Mean (SD)

28,500 (9,080)

29,800 (9,870)

30,200 (7,490)

28,300 (6,530)

29,100 (8,640)

 Median [Min, Max]

27,600 [13,000, 47,900]

29,100 [14,600, 47,200]

32,600 [16,500, 40,600]

28,000 [19,800, 40,100]

28,200 [13,000, 47,900]

  1. Demographics of study population including age and gender, measured values of BMI, height, and weight, and volumetric analyses including tongue volume, fat signal, fat fraction, and fat volume are stratified by OSA severity. Values generated by volumetric analyses are unitless.