Table 2. Endothelial function improves after 3 months of CPAP treatment.
Pre-CPAP Mean ± SD |
Post-CPAP Mean ± SD |
p | |
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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.