Figure 1.

Comparisons of clinical data, hemodynamic changes, serum IL-6, TNF-α, CRP, NO and NOS in non-Hakka and Hakka patients with CIH combined with hypertension, and healthy volunteers. *P<0.05 vs. healthy volunteers; ^#P<0.05 vs. Hakka patients. CIH, chronic intermittent hypoxia; OR, odds ratio; r, correlation coefficient; BMI, body mass index; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; SAP, systolic arterial pressure; DAP, diastolic arterial pressure; MAP, mean arterial pressure; HR, heart rate; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; CRP, C-reactive protein; NO, nitric oxide; NOS, nitric oxide synthase.