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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2013 Jun 28;163(4):1122–1126. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.05.040

Table 1.

Characteristics of children with OSA with and without endothelial dysfunction and matched controls.

OSA+EF+
(n=35)
OSA+EF−
(n=47)
Control
(n=35)
Age (years) 7.2±1.4 7.2±1.6 7.2±1.4
Sex (male, %) 60.0 59.5 60.0
Ethnicity (Caucasian, %) 40.0 48.9 40.0
BMI-z score 1.48±0.75 1.52±0.91 1.25±0.68
Obese (%) 31.4 31.9 28.6
Tmax (sec) 53.8±6.9§,& 36.2±7.1& 33.6±23.2§
Adropin levels (ng/ml) 2.7±1.1§,& 5.8±1.5& 7.6±1.4§

All data are expressed as mean±SD.

§

P<0.001, Controls vs. OSA+EF+ group.

&

P<0.001, OSA+EF+ group vs. OSA+EF- group.