Table 1.

General characteristics of the participants in the groups.

Group	N	Sex (m/f)	BMI (kg/m2)	WHR	Proportion of sleeping time spent <90% SpO2	HbA1c (%)	Fasting glucose (mmol/l)	Fasting insulin (pmol/l)	TAG (mmol/l)	HDL (mmol/l)
Lean	8	6/2	24.2 ± 0.3	0.87 ± 0.03	–	–	5.2 ± 0.1	64 ± 12	0.96 ± 0.11	1.54 ± 0.08
Class I Obesity	8	6/2	32.5 ± 0.3*	0.96 ± 0.02*	–	–	5.2 ± 0.2	92 ± 12*	1.16 ± 0.15	1.15 ± 0.11*
Class III Obesity	9	6/3	45.3 ± 2.9*	1.02 ± 0.04*	3.2 ± 0.5	5.9 ± 0.2	5.3 ± 0.2	203 ± 17*	1.35 ± 0.19*	–
Class III Obesity with OHS	9	6/3	45.3 ± 3.3*	0.96 ± 0.08*	58.7 ± 7.5	6.6 ± 0.3	5.5 ± 0.3	228 ± 43*	1.97 ± 0.39*	–

Averaged data are mean ± SEM. (*<0.05 vs lean control).