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. 2019 Jun 19;14(6):e0217138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217138

Table 2. Endothelial function improves after 3 months of CPAP treatment.

Pre-CPAP
Mean ± SD
Post-CPAP
Mean ± SD
p
Hyperemia area (PU) 1504 ± 979 1516 ± 680 r = 0,6
AUC (PU/s) 2.296 ± 2319 2.640 ± 2167 p = 0,01
Slope (PU/s) 0.32 ± 0.4 0.21 ± 0.23 p = 0,02
Time to latency (s) 0,99 ± 0,97 0,64 ± 0,74 p = 0,9
Time to recovery (s) 0,79 ± 0,60 0,94 ± 0,88 p = 0,37

AUC: area under the curve. PU: perfusion unit. s: seconds.