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Table 3 Velum concentric collapse in positional and non-positional obstructive sleep apnea

From: Role of drug-induced sleep endoscopy in evaluation of positional vs non-positional OSA

Collapse Pattern

Positional OSA (n = 174)

Non-positional OSA (n = 56)

P value*

Level

Configuration

Degree

n (% within Position OSA)

n (% within Non-position OSA)

Velum

Concentric

0

64 (36.8%)

10 (17.9%)

0.004

1

7 (4.0%)

0 (0%)

 

2

103 (59.2%)

46 (82.1%)

 
  1. OSA Obstructive sleep apnea
  2. *Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test