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Apnea-hypopnea index as the outcome variable in multiple linear regression analysis: statistical issues.

Chung-hong Chan1, Daniel K Ng

  • 1Department of Paediatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong. chainsawtiney@gmail.com

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The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is often not normally distributed, and transformations may fail. Negative binomial regression is recommended for analyzing apnea and hypopnea events.

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Area of Science:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • Biostatistics
  • Pediatric Research

Background:

  • The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a standard outcome in sleep studies.
  • Ordinary least squares linear regression (OLS) is frequently used to analyze AHI.
  • The statistical assumptions of OLS, including data normality, are often not assessed for AHI.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the distribution of AHI in a pediatric population.
  • To evaluate the suitability of OLS versus negative binomial regression for AHI analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Kolmogorov-Smirnov test used to evaluate AHI distribution.
  • Attempted data transformations for AHI.
  • Compared OLS and Negative Binomial Regression Models (NBRM) for BMI and apnea/hypopnea event rates.
  • Residual analysis used to evaluate model fit.

Main Results:

  • Pediatric AHI significantly deviated from normal distribution.
  • Standard transformations could not normalize AHI.
  • OLS violated assumptions of normality and homogeneity of variance.
  • NBRM demonstrated robustness to these assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • AHI is unlikely to follow a normal distribution and is resistant to transformation.
  • Negative binomial regression is a more appropriate statistical method for analyzing apnea and hypopnea event counts.
  • Recommends using NBRM with log TST offset for sleep study data analysis.