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. 2021 Dec 30;12(1):81. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12010081

Table 3.

The characteristics of the chronic disease groups.

OSA-COPD Overlap
(n = 85)
Interstitial Lung Diseases (n = 36) Bronchiectasis
(n = 98)
p
AGE 61 (51, 65) 64 (57, 69.5) 62 (54, 74) 0.177
Gender, number (%) 66 (84.6) a,b 20 (55.6) 52 (53.1) <0.001
NLR 2.5 (1.87, 3.33) 2.54 (1.82, 3.76) 2.38 (1.81, 3.46) 0.808
PLR 103.93 (84.85, 129.14) a,b 129.8 (109.62, 165.94) 129.18 (95.18, 162.43) 0.001
Lymphocytes (103/μL) 2.04 (1.68, 2.38) a 1.71 (1.31, 2.06) 1.95 (1.47, 2.38) 0.012
Neutrophils (103/μL) 5.41 ± 1.77 a 4.61 ± 1.79 5.57 ± 2.82 0.037
Platelets (X103) 224 (189, 256) b 229.5 (175.5, 274) 241.5 (202, 295) 0.043
ESR 8 (5, 19) a,b 18.5 (12.5, 31) 20 (11, 34.5) <0.001
CRP 4.8 (2.4, 11.7) 3.45 (1.85, 10.15) 6.05 (1.95, 16.65) 0.379

a—adjusted p < 0.05 for OSA-COPD group compared with interstitial lung disease group; b—adjusted p < 0.05 for OSA-COPD group compared with bronchiectasis group.