Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and controls.

	Controls	Patients t=0*	Patients t=3**	p-value
Age yrs	53.6±7.7	58.9±10.2	58.9±10.2	ns
BMI kg/m²	26.7±2.3	31.7±3.2	32.1±3.1	<0.05/ns
ESS/h	5.1±2.1	11.7±1.7	5.0±2.0	<0.05/<0.05
Male/female n	9 and 1	10	7
AHI/h	2.7±3.1	40.4±18.9	4.7±6.0	<0.05/<0.05
HOMA-Index	2.73±3.37	19.15±29.83	11.62±16.36	<0.05/ns
Body fat %	26.61±7.53	33.72±3.77	33.33±3.04	<0.05/ns

^*Characteristics of the 10 patients before therapy;

^**characteristics of the 7 patients 3 months under therapy.