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Comorbidity in the investigated patient groups
| Disease | Number of patients with a given disease | ||
| OSAS n = 27 | CPAP-OSAS n = 22 | Controls n = 11 | |
| Arterial hypertension | 16 | 16 | 4 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Gout | 0 | 4 | 0 |
OSAS – patients with untreated OSAS; CPAP-OSAS – patients with OSAS treated successfully after a first attempt with CPAP, controls – subjects without OSAS.
