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. 2025 Aug 25;16:1580308. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1580308

TABLE 5.

Correlation analysis between AHI and the observed indexes.

Items AHI
Correlation coefficient (r) p values
Sleep efficiency (%) −0.507** <0.001
minSaO2 (%) −0.737** <0.001
meanSaO2 (%) −0.651** <0.001
TS < 90% (%) 0.422** <0.001
VO2AT(L/min) −0.002 0.979
VO2AT%Pred (%) −0.351** <0.001
VO2AT/kg (mL/min/kg) −0.322** <0.001
VO2peak (L/min) −0.002 0.985
VO2peak%Pred (%) −0.349** <0.001
VO2peak/kg (mL/min/kg) −0.273** 0.003
HRmax (beat/min) −0.434** <0.001
HRmax%Pred (%) −0.340** <0.001
RERmax −0.110 0.243
HRr −0.200* 0.033
VO2/HRmax (ml/beat) 0.247** 0.008
VO2/HRmax Pred (%) −0.354** <0.001
BR (%) 0.090 0.340
WRmax (W) 0.110 0.245
WRmax%Pred (%) −0.377** <0.001
VEmax (L/min) −0.077 0.416
VEmax%Pred (%) −0.359** <0.001
VE/VCO2 slope −0.104 0.273
FVC(L) 0.164 0.080
FVC%Pred (%) −0.128 0.175
FEV1%Pred (%) −0.035 0.709
FEV1/FVC(%) −0.130 0.169
PEF (L/s) 0.103 0.274
PEF%Pred (%) 0.010 0.915
BMI(kg/m2) 0.240* 0.010

Note: **p < 0.01,*p < 0.05.