Table 1.
Demographic, sleep recording variables, and laboratory findings of the groups.
| Variables | AHI Groups | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control AHI < 5 (n:46) |
Mild OSAS (5 < AHI < 15) (n:14) |
Moderate OSAS (15 < AHI < 30) (n:23) |
Severe OSAS (AHI > 30) (n:88) |
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| Age (Year) | 41.67 ± 11.04 a | 49.92 ± 11.25 ab | 48.55 ± 13.97 ab | 52.57 ± 10.62 b | <0.001 * |
| Height (m) | 170.13 ± 9.84 | 165.00 ± 9.58 | 167.09 ± 10.23 | 167.93 ± 7.95 | 0.228 * |
| Weight (kg) | 74.61 ± 13.91 a | 80.50 ± 8.28 ac | 91.13 ± 19.20 bc | 93.55 ± 16.37 b | <0.001 * |
| BMI ( kg/m2) | 25.66 ± 3.59 a | 29.76 ± 4.17 ac | 32.91 ± 8.11 bc | 33.34 ± 6.52 bc | <0.001 * |
| MOS (%) | 93.00 (90.00–96.75) a | 90.00 (85.00–90.00) a | 81.00 (75.00–87.00) ab | 76.00 (66.25–83.00) b | <0.001 ¶ |
| SpO2 (%) | 95.50 (92.00–97.00) | 94.50 (91.00–95.25) | 93.00 (91.00–94.00) | 92.00 (90.00–94.00) | 0.083 ¶ |
| Irisin (µg/mL) | 3.20 ± 0.79 a | 3.52 ± 0.67 a | 2.96 ± 0.23 a | 2.34 ± 0.76 b | <0.001 * |
| RBP-4 (ng/mL) | 28.00 ± 9.58 a | 34.64 ± 5.96 ab | 42.81 ± 11.72 b | 51.24 ± 11.13 c | <0.001 * |
| Adiponectin (µg/mL) | 8.74 (7.58–10.57) a | 6.34 (5.73–7.40) b | 5.99 (5.49–7.94) b | 6.67 (5.43–8.92) b | <0.001 ¶ |
| Gender | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n(%) | |
| Female | 15 (32.6) | 6 (42.9) | 7 (30.4) | 21 (23.9) | 0.431 † |
| Male | 31 (67.4) | 8 (57.1) | 16 (69.6) | 67 (76.1) | |
| Obesity | |||||
| No | 22 (47.8) | 8 (57.1) | 8 (34.8) | 28 (31.8) | 0.137 † |
| Yes | 24 (52.2) | 6 (42.9) | 15 (65.2) | 60 (68.2) | |
| DM | |||||
| No | 46 (100.0) a | 13 (100.0) ab | 21 (91.3) ab | 69 (78.4) b | 0.001 ● |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) a | 0 (0.0) ab | 2 (8.7) ab | 19 (21.6) b | |
| HT | |||||
| No | 45 (97.8) a | 10 (76.9) b | 11 (47.8) b | 49 (56.3) b | <0.001 ● |
| Yes | 1 (2.2) a | 3 (23.1) b | 12 (52.2) b | 38 (43.7) b | |
AHI, apnea hypopnea ındex; MOS, minimum oxygen saturation; SpO2: oxygen saturation calculated through pulse oxymeter; RBP-4, retinol binding protein; DM, diabetes mellitus; HT, hypertension. Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation or median (1 st quarter–3 rd quarter) and n (%). p < 0.05 values are shown in bold. Different superscript letters indicate groups with significant differences. *: One-way ANOVA was applied; ¶: Kruskal–Wallis test was applied; †: Chi-square test was applied; ●: Fishers exact test was applied.