Table 2.

Changes in Demographic Data Before and After nCPAP Therapy

	All (n = 55)		Good Compliance (n = 40)		Poor Compliance (n = 15)
Data	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
BMI, kg/m2	29.9 ± 0.9	29.5 ± 0.9	29.3 ± 1.1	29.0 ± 1.1	31.5 ± 1.3	31.0 ± 1.2
Systolic BP, mm Hg	141 ± 2	135 ± 3*	141 ± 3	133 ± 3*	141 ± 5	141 ± 6
Diastolic BP, mm Hg	84 ± 2	82 ± 2	84 ± 2	82 ± 2	86 ± 4	80 ± 4
Heart rate, beats/min	73 ± 2	72 ± 2	72 ± 2	73 ± 2	77 ± 5	70 ± 3
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	211 ± 5	196 ± 4†	211 ± 6	195 ± 5†	211 ± 8	199 ± 7*
TG, mg/dL	154 ± 13	127 ± 9†	138 ± 14	116 ± 10*	208 ± 25	160 ± 21†
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	52 ± 2	52 ± 2	52 ± 2	52 ± 2	50 ± 2	51 ± 3
FPG, mg/dL	99 ± 3	103 ± 2	101 ± 4	104 ± 3	94 ± 4	99 ± 3

Values are given as the mean ± SEM. See Table 1 for abbreviations not used in the text.

*p < 0.05 vs before.

†p < 0.01 vs before.