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Table 1 Demographics and Clinical Characteristics

From: Changes in the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal microbiota in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea before and after surgery: a prospective study

 

Non-OSA

Mild OSA

Moderate OSA

Severe OSA

P-Value

N

10

10

10

10

 

Age, yr

6.6(4–12)

6.6(4–10)

7.5(4–12)

8(3–13)

0.76

Sex

    

0.15

Female

2

2

4

2

 

Male

8

8

6

8

 

BMI, kg/m2

17.51

16.06

19.42

17.18

0.32

OAHI,events/h

0.48

2.5

7.2

23.9

< 0.001

LSaO2, %

90.3

88

84.3

83.2

< 0.001

MAI

8.52

10.25

12.27

16.69

0.018

MBOS, %

96.14

95.92

95.82

95.69

0.65

WBCC, /10^9

6.06

6.28

6.42

6.2

0.85

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, Body mass index; OAHI, Obstructive apnea hypopnea index; LSaO2, lowest blood oxygen saturation; MAI, micro-arousal index; MBOS, mean blood oxygen saturation; WBCC, white blood cell count