as patients decreased their body weight from 106.2 +/- 7.3 kg ( mean +/- se ) to 96.6 +/- 5.9 kg , apnea frequency fell from 55.0 +/- 7.5 to 29.2 +/- 7.1 episodes/h ( p less than 0.01 ) in non-rapid-eye-movement sleep with an associated significant decline in the mean oxyhemoglobin saturation during the remaining episodes of sleep apnea from 11.9 +/- 2.4 % to 7.9 +/- 1.9 % ( p less than 0.02 ) .
C0003578
apnea
C0037315
sleep apnea