Table 1 Demographic and clinical data
From: Transient intracranial pressure elevations (B waves) are associated with sleep apnea
Type of patient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
iNPH (n = 5) | Adult-onset (n = 4) | Pediatric-onset (n = 13) | IIH (n = 12) | P value | |
Men/Women | 4 (20%)/1 (20%) | 1 (25%)/3 (75%) | 5 (45%)/6 (55%) | 1 (8%)/11 (92%) | |
Age, years | 67.4 (6.6) | 60.0 (7.2) | 42.9 (20.5) | 33.0 (8.0) | < 0.001 |
BMI | 25.4 (3.4) | 26.1 (3.0) | 26.5 (6.4) | 36.5 (9.6) | 0.005 |
ESS | 4.8 (3.1) | 7.8 (5.3) | 10.5 (6.1) | 9.1 (4.3) | 0.23 |
General disease and risk factors | |||||
Hypertension | 4 (80%) | 1 (25%) | 1 (8%) | 3 (25%) | |
Heart disease | 3 (60%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (10%) | |
CNS | |||||
Dementia | 4 (80%) | 0 | 3 (23%) | 0 | |
Psychiatric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (17%) | |
Epilepsy | 2 (40%) | 1 (25%) | 3 (23%) | 0 | |
Evans ratio | 0.44 (0.05) | 0.33 (0.08) | 0.34 (0.07) | 0.26 (0.04) | < 0.001 |
DESH | 3 (60%) | 0 | 1 (8%) | 0 | |
Obstruction | 0 | 4 (100%) | 9 (69%) | 0 | |
Treatment | |||||
Shunt | 0 | 4 (100%) | 2 (15%) | 4 (33%) | |
ETV | 1 (20%) | 1 (25%) | 7 (54%) | 0 | |