Table 2

Diaphragm EMG, ventilation during wakefulness and NREM sleep

COPD (n=19)Overlap (n=16)
CharacteristicsWakefulnessNREM△%p ValueWakefulnessNREM△%p Value
EMGdi%max29.5±13.323.0±8.9220.00629.3±15.827.3±14.770.38
VE (L)8.6±2.06.5±1.524<0.0018.3±2.06.1±1.8270.001
VT (L)0.47±0.110.37±0.09220.0010.47±0.110.36±0.10240.001
VT/EMGdi0.39±0.230.37±0.2150.920.35±0.210.28±0.19200.041
ETCO2 (%)4.5±0.54.5±0.600.894.7±0.74.7±0.800.48
RR18.4±3.117.8±2.130.3317.6±1.717.2±2.920.35
Normal (n=12)OSA (n=14)
EMGdi%max12.6±3.712.2±3.330.8414.2±7.923.4±10.8650.001
VE (L)8.3±1.67.5±1.3100.078.0±2.76.3±1.9210.006
VT (L)0.50±0.090.49±0.1020.560.48±0.160.39±0.10190.008
VT/EMGdi0.69±0.180.69±0.2000.910.56±0.240.28±0.13490.001
ETCO2 (%)4.8±0.35.0±0.340.0024.5±0.84.6±0.930.18
RR16.7±2.315.6±2.370.1016.6±3.016.0±2.340.27
  • △%, percentage change compared with wakefulness; EMGdi%max, percentage of maximal EMGdi; ETCO2, end-tidal CO2; NREM, non-rapid eye movement; p value, comparison of wakefulness and NREM; RR, respiratory rate; VE, minute ventilation; VT, tidal volume; VT/EMGdi, the ratio of tidal volume to peak root mean square of EMGdi.