Table 1.

List of elevated biomarkers reported in studies involving patients with OSA.

Condition	Biomarker ↑	Reference
OSA-induced systemic inflammation biomarkers	IL-6	[39,46,53,55]
	IL-8	[39,55]
	PTX-3	[50]
	CRP	[45,54]
	TNF-α	[39]
	ICAM	[53,55,56]
	VCAM	[53,55,56]
OSA and obesity biomarkers	IL-1β	[67]
	IL-6	[67,68]
	IL-17	[69,70]
	IL-23	[69,70]
	TNF-α	[67,68]
	(MCP)-1	[67]
	resistin	[67]
	leptin	[67,70,71,72]