Table 2.

Linear correlations related to baseline hsCRP and ΔhsCRP

	Full cohort N=23		OSA subjects only N=9
	R2	p value	R2	p value
Insulin resistance and body mass index
HOMA-IR vs. evening hsCRP	0.00	0.858	0.76	0.011
HOMA-IR vs. morning hsCRP	0.43	0.002	0.80	<0.001
HOMA-IR vs. change hsCRP (absolute)	0.25	0.025	0.11	0.477
HOMA-IR vs. change hsCRP (%)	0.31	0.011	0.01	0.870
BMI z-score vs. evening hsCRP	0.46	0.001	0.51	0.031
BMI z-score vs. morning hsCRP	0.41	0.001	0.57	0.019
BMI z-score vs. change hsCRP (absolute)	0.00	0.789	0.01	0.771
BMI z-score vs. change hsCRP (%)	0.05	0.955	0.02	0.663
Inflammatory markers
Evening hsCRP vs. evening hsIL-6	0.68	<0.001	0.71	<0.001
Morning hsCRP vs. morning hsIL-6	0.8	<0.001	0.87	0.003
Change hsCRP vs. change hsIL-6 (absolute)	0.19	0.047	0.22	0.207
Change hsCRP vs. change hsIL-6 (%)	0.27	0.015	0.64	<0.001
Evening hsCRP vs. evening hsTNF-α	0.01	0.713	0.15	0.385
Morning hsCRP vs. morning hsTNF-α	0.03	0.489	0.01	0.848
Change hsCRP (%) vs. change hsTNF-α (absolute)	0.06	0.323	0.74	0.028
Change hsCRP (%) vs. change hsTNF-α (%)	0.14	0.145	0.40	0.175

R² values for correlations. Items in bold are significant (p<0.025 after Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparison)

HOMA-IR homeostasis model for insulin resistance, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, BMI body mass index, hsIL-6 high-sensitivity IL-6, hsTNF-α high-sensitivity TNF-α