Recording results in the first 24 hours after delivery divided into six four hour stages
| 0–4 | 4–8 | 8–12 | 12–16 | 16–20 | 20–24 | 0–24 | ||
| No of recordings | 85 | 85 | 86 | 82 | 74 | 68 | 90 | |
| Baseline SpO2(%) | 99.0 | 98.4 | 98.6 | 98.1 | 98.3 | 97.8 | 98.3 | |
| (88.4–100) | (87.6–100) | (78.1–100) | (79.6–100) | (81.2–100) | (83.3–100) | (88.7–100) | ||
| Recordings with desaturations (%) | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 | |
| Desaturations associated with a pause (%) | 25 | 53 | 20 | 50 | 54 | 82 | 48 | |
| Apnoeic pauses associated with a desaturation (%) | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | |
| Recordings containing periodic apnoea (%) | 20 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 60 | |
Baseline SpO2 values given as median (range).