Mean (SD) overall, daytime, and night time ambulatory blood pressures in all patients with OSA and excluding treated hypertensive subjects compared with control subjects
| Patients with OSA (n=45) | Control subjects (n=45) | Mean difference (95% CI) | p value |
Patients with OSA excluding hypertensives (n=39) |
Control subjects excluding hypertensives (n=39) |
Mean difference (95% CI) | p value | |
| Overall SBP | 128.2 (17.2) | 123.9 (13.8) | 4.3 (–1.8 to 10.3) | 0.18 | 127.6 (18.0) | 122.6 (13.5) | 5.0 (–1.9 to 11.8) | 0.17 |
| Overall DBP | 83.7 (9.5) | 78.6 (8.8) | 5.1 (1.2 to 8.6) | 0.01* | 83.2 (9.0) | 78.0 (8.5) | 5.2 (1.3 to 9.1) | 0.01* |
| Daytime SBP | 132.9 (16.5) | 131.2 (14.8) | 1.7 (–4.1 to 7.6) | 0.57 | 132.4 (17.2) | 130.3 (14.6) | 2.1 (–4.5 to 8.64) | 0.55 |
| Daytime DBP | 87.4 (10.2) | 82.8 (9.1) | 4.6 (0.7 to 8.6) | 0.03* | 87.1 (9.6) | 82.3 (8.9) | 4.8 (0.7 to 9.0) | 0.03* |
| Night time SBP | 119.4 (20.7) | 110.2 (13.9) | 9.2 (2.3 to 16.1) | 0.01* | 118.4 (22.0) | 108.7 (13.2) | 9.7 (1.7 to 17.7) | 0.02* |
| Night time DBP | 78.6 (9.3) | 71.4 (8.0) | 7.2 (3.7 to 10.6) | <0.001* | 77.7 (9.2) | 70.7 (8.0) | 7.0 (3.3 to 10.8) | <0.001* |
SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure.