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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2014 Dec 20;47:211–217. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.11.013

Table 2.

Inflammatory and metabolic markers in participants with and without sleep apnea, stratified by gender.

Male Female
Control (AHI < 5) (n=15) Sleep Apnea (AHI ≥ 5) (n=47) Control (AHI < 5) (n=23) Sleep Apnea (AHI ≥ 5) (n=35)
IL-6 (pg/mL) 0.82 (0.16) 1.14 (0.09) 1.57 (0.28) 1.38 (0.22)
TNFR1 (ng/mL) 0.97 (0.06) 1.13 (0.04)# 1.23 (0.06)* 1.26 (0.05)
CRP (ng/mL) 0.90 (0.30) 1.56 (0.16) 1.83 (0.36)** 2.81 (0.28)** #
Leptin (ng/mL) 6.83 (0.91) 5.54 (0.50) 28.52 (3.31)*** 32.96 (2.65)***
Adiponectin (ng/mL) 5.70 (0.76) 5.13 (0.42) 13.38 (1.49)*** 11.53 (1.19)***

Data are means (standard error of the mean). Inflammatory and metabolic variables are adjusted for age and BMI.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001 for males vs. females

#

p < 0.05 for controls vs. sleep apnea