Table 1.
Demographic and diagnostic data for healthy control and OSA group.
| Healthy | OSA | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 40.1 ± 7.9 | 44.3 ± 6.8 | 0.222 |
| BMI | 27.4 ± 2.5 | 30.5 ± 2.6 | 0.015 |
| Circulating inflammatory markers | |||
| CRP (mg/L) | 1.6 ± 2.5 | 2.8 ± 2.4 | 0.28 |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 2.15 ± 0.05 | 2.23 ± 0.04 | 0.31 |
| TNFα (pg/ml) | 0.69 ± 0.05 | 0.68 ± 0.07 | 0.81 |
| SAA (ng/ml) | 2.1 ± 2.0 | 2.4 ± 1.8 | 0.78 |
| Soluble ICAM (µg/ml) |
0.40 ± 0.09 | 0.52 ± 0.20 | 0.16 |
| Soluble VCAM (µg/ml) |
0.60 ± 0.24 | 0.65 ± 0.38 | 0.70 |
| OSA Characteristics | |||
| AHI | 2.6 ± 1.8 | 60.1 ± 22.3 | <0.0001 |
| Baseline O2 | 96.4 ± 0.9 | 94.7 ± 1.9 | 0.046 |
| Lowest O2 | 90.4± 2.2 | 71.8 ± 10.7 | 0.0002 |
| Time saturation <90% |
0.03 ± 0.02 | 29.5 ± 24.1 | 0.0045 |