Table 4 Unadjusted group estimates for the covariates (between-patient standard deviation enclosed in parentheses). The median is reported for covariates with a considerably skewed distribution (lower and upper quartiles enclosed in brackets)
| Â | Variable users (16%) | Consistent users (12%) | Good users (23%) | Stable decliners (13%) | Strugglers (8%) | Improvers (8%) | Variable decliners (9%) | Dropouts (6%) | Early drop-outs (5%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
Attempted days (%) | \(\begin {array}{l} 98\\[-2.5pt] [97,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 100\\[-2.5pt] [98,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 100\\[-2.5pt] [98,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 88\\[-2.5pt] [82,91] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 69\\[-2.5pt] [60,74] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 93\\[-2.5pt] [90,97] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 89\\[-2.5pt] [84,93] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 59\\[-2.5pt] [50,68] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 26\\[-2.5pt] [14,33] \end {array}\) |
Time on therapy (h) | 6.7 (1.3) | 7.3 (.91) | 7.1 (1.1) | 6.0 (1.2) | 5.3 (1.3) | 6.3 (1.3) | 6.1 (1.4) | 5.1 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.9) |
Time on therapy SD (h) | 1.8 (.20) | .86 (.13) | 1.3 (.14) | 1.4 (.23) | 1.8 (.39) | 1.8 (.27) | 2.3 (.40) | 1.8 (.46) | 1.6 (.56) |
Compliant days (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1 | \(\begin {array}{l} 100\\[-2.5pt] [86,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 100\\[-2.5pt] [100,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 100\\[-2.5pt] [100,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 86\\[-2.5pt] [71,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 57\\[-2.5pt] [43,86] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 71\\[-2.5pt] [43,86] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 86\\[-2.5pt] [71,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 71\\[-2.5pt] [57,86] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 43\\[-2.5pt] [14,71] \end {array}\) |
All | \(\begin {array}{l} 90\\[-2.5pt] [83,96] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 99\\[-2.5pt] [98,100] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 98\\[-2.5pt] [94,99] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 79\\[-2.5pt] [69,86] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 50\\[-2.5pt] [36,61] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 81\\[-2.5pt] [71,89] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 70\\[-2.5pt] [60,80] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 41\\[-2.5pt] [29,53] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 11\\[-2.5pt] [4.4,22] \end {array}\) |
Residual AHI (events/h) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1 | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.7\\[-2.5pt] [1.5,4.8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.5\\[-2.5pt] [1.3,4.7] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.4\\[-2.5pt] [1.2,4.6] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.9\\[-2.5pt] [1.5,5.3] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.9\\[-2.5pt] [1.5,5.8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.1\\[-2.5pt] [1.5,5.5] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.0\\[-2.5pt] [1.7,5.3] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.1\\[-2.5pt] [1.7,5.9] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.6\\[-2.5pt] [1.3,5.3] \end {array}\) |
All | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.3\\[-2.5pt] [1.3,4.0] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.1\\[-2.5pt] [1.3,3.9] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.1\\[-2.5pt] [1.1,3.7] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.5\\[-2.5pt] [1.4,4.3] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.8\\[-2.5pt] [1.5,5.2] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.4\\[-2.5pt] [1.3,4.2] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.7\\[-2.5pt] [1.5,4.4] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.8\\[-2.5pt] [1.6,5.1] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 2.6\\[-2.5pt] [1.4,4.9] \end {array}\) |
High residual AHI (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
All | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
Leakage (L/min) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1 | 38 (13) | 37 (12) | 38 (13) | 37 (13) | 36 (13) | 38 (14) | 36 (12) | 36 (12) | 36 (13) |
All | 38 (12) | 37 (11) | 38 (12) | 37 (13) | 37 (12) | 38 (12) | 37 (12) | 36 (12) | 37 (13) |
SD leakage (L/min) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1 | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.0\\[-2.5pt] [2.4,6.9] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.5\\[-2.5pt] [2.0,5.9] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.8\\[-2.5pt] [2.2,6.5] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.7\\[-2.5pt] [2.1,6.9] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.0\\[-2.5pt] [2.1,7.5] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.4\\[-2.5pt] [2.3,8.0] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.9\\[-2.5pt] [2.1,6.7] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.0\\[-2.5pt] [2.2,7.0] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.8\\[-2.5pt] [2.2,8.2] \end {array}\) |
All | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.7\\[-2.5pt] [3.1,7.2] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 3.6\\[-2.5pt] [2.4,5.3] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.1\\[-2.5pt] [2.7,6.2] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.6\\[-2.5pt] [2.8,7.4] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 5.0\\[-2.5pt] [3.1,8.1] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 5.0\\[-2.5pt] [3.0,7.7] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 4.9\\[-2.5pt] [3.2,7.4] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 5.1\\[-2.5pt] [3.0,8.7] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 5.2\\[-2.5pt] [3.3,9.1] \end {array}\) |
Min pressure (cmH 2O) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6\\[-2.5pt] [5,8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6\\[-2.5pt] [5,8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6\\[-2.5pt] [5,8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6\\[-2.5pt] [5,8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6\\[-2.5pt] [4,7] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6\\[-2.5pt] [5,8] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 6.0\\[-2.5pt] [5.0,8.0] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 5.0\\[-2.5pt] [4.0,6.0] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 5.0\\[-2.5pt] [4.0,7.0] \end {array}\) |
Avg pressure (cmH 2O) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1 | 9.4 (3.1) | 9.3 (3.2) | 9.0 (2.6) | 8.4 (2.0) | 9.6 (2.9) | 9.1 (3.3) | 8.3 (2.5) | 8.5 (2.4) | 9.4 (2.8) |
All | 9.6 (3.1) | 9.3 (3.0) | 9.3 (2.9) | 8.7 (2.3) | 9.5 (3.1) | 9.2 (2.9) | 8.6 (2.9) | 8.8 (2.5) | 9.2 (2.9) |
Max pressure (cmH 2O) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [12,20] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [13,16] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [12,20] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [12,20] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 13\\[-2.5pt] [11,16] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [13,20] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [12,20] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [11,16] \end {array}\) | \(\begin {array}{l} 15\\[-2.5pt] [12,20] \end {array}\) |
Patient motivation (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Week 1: score<4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .67 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
Week 1: 4≤score≤6 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 9.6 | 17 | 19 |
Week 1: score>6 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 86 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 77 | 74 |