Table 3.

Comorbidities in patients with OSA and OHS.

Patients with OHS (n = 18)
Diabetes mellitus	8 (44.4% [95% CI: 24.6 − 66.3])
Men, n (%)*	4 (36.4%)
Women, n (%)*	4 (57.1%)
Arterial  hypertension	10 (55.6% [95% CI: 33.7–75.4])
Men, n (%)*	6 (54.5%)
Women, n (%)*	4 (57.1%)
Ischaemic heart  disease	4 (22.2% [95% CI: 9.0–45.2])
Men, n (%)*	4 (36.4%)
Women, n (%)*	0
Pulmonary  hypertension	6 (33.3% [95% CI: 16.3−56.3])
Men, n (%)*	3 (27.3%)
Women, n (%)*	3 (42.9%)

*The denominator was the total number of men and women with-OHS group, respectively, n = 11 and n = 7.

OHS: obesity hypoventilation syndrome; OSA: obstructive sleep apnoea.