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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of OSA patients and control subjects

From: Longitudinal brain structural alterations and systemic inflammation in obstructive sleep apnea before and after surgical treatment

 

NC (controls)

OSAbaseline

(before surgery)

OSAfollow

(after surgery)

p value

NC vs. OSAbaseline

NC vs.

OSAfollow

OSAbaseline vs.

OSAfollow

Number

15

21

    

Sex (M:F)

11:4

18:3

 

0.418

  

Age (years)

39.80 (9.53)

40.14 (10.80)

 

0.922

  

BMI (kg/m2)

23.97 (2.50)

26.24 (3.40)

25.83 (3.73)

0.050

0.130

0.033*

HbA1c (%)

5.54 (0.25)

5.80 (0.46)

5.75 (0.54)

0.206

0.338

0.537

Sugar (mg/dl)

92.00 (8.04)

93.43 (12.14)

95.05 (12.40)

0.925

0.546

0.217

hs-CRP (mg/dl)

0.80 (0.81)

3.22 (4.30)

2.32 (2.62)

0.108

0.069

0.292

Total cholesterol

192.10 (34.93)

191.96 (29.98)

194.57 (32.00)

0.880

0.985

0.599

Triglyceride

120.87 (95.78)

156.13 (107.13)

154.87 (79.05)

0.441

0.343

0.926

HDL

62.67 (14.44)

54.70 (10.57)

53.39 (10.32)

0.085

0.056

0.393

LDL

106.40 (34.41)

122.04 (29.46)

115.04 (39.67)

0.171

0.540

0.318

Smoking (yes/no)

(14/1)

(18/3)

(19/2)

0.728

1.000

1.000

Voxel-based morphometry

GMV (ml)

613.32 (49.33)

620.69 (72.14)

620.86 (72.69)

0.707

0.702

0.953

WMV (ml)

587.49 (59.16)

583.96 (53.91)

582.17 (50.92)

0.851

0.722

0.373

CSFV (ml)

216.52 (25.02)

215.96 (22.39)

216.81 (22.52)

0.943

0.971

0.477

TIV (ml)

1417.33 (113.22)

1420.61 (119.15)

1419.83 (119.06)

0.931

0.947

0.674

Polysomnography (PSG)

AHI

2.43 (1.61)

38.77 (19.91)

25.21 (20.93)

0.000*

0.000*

0.004*

De-saturation index

0.77 (0.82)

26.59 (19.38)

16.88 (19.23)

0.000*

0.006*

0.009*

Average O2 saturation

97.09 (0.82)

95.59 (1.39)

95.81 (1.79)

0.004*

0.053

0.534

Snoring index

208.96 (240.67)

385.71 (179.17)

323.52 (181.58)

0.059

0.278

0.116

Systolic BP (mmHg)

124.90 (15.86)

135.58 (15.38)

132.07 (11.58)

0.538

0.497

0.323

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

75.53 (9.09)

84.58 (11.00)

82.55 (12.01)

0.082

0.142

0.469

Leukocyte apoptosis (%)

Granulocyte APO 2.7 apoptosis

0.429 (0.219)

0.894 (1.012)

0.831 (0.940)

0.160

0.125

0.830

Monocyte APO 2.7 apoptosis

2.135 (1.410)

3.156 (3.321)

2.570 (2.903)

0.439

0.575

0.585

Lymphocyte APO 2.7 apoptosis

0.481 (0.226)

0.658 (0.444)

0.475 (0.255)

0.283

0.835

0.164

Total leukocyte APO 2.7 apoptosis

0.891 (0.426)

1.442 (1.084)

1.271 (1.004)

0.128

0.236

0.626

Granulocyte late apoptosis

11.726 (6.986)

16.667 (10.032)

14.599 (14.039)

0.107

0.331

0.622

Granulocyte early apoptosis

13.920 (5.615))

23.117 (11.007)

18.250 (12.008)

0.010*

0.302

0.099

Monocyte late apoptosis

12.593 (7.401)

12.480 (8.384)

14.520 (8.876)

0.936

0.428

0.318

Monocyte early apoptosis

15.263 (5.068)

23.254 (8.033)

16.796 (8.342)

0.002*

0.579

0.007*

Lymphocyte late apoptosis

2.331 (1.090)

2.306 (0.915)

2.577 (1.178)

0.906

0.647

0.601

Lymphocyte early apoptosis

5.410 (1.988)

6.716 (2.505)

6.600 (2.624)

0.147

0.210

0.981

Total leukocyte late apoptosis

6.875 (2.588)

7.541 (3.170)

7.972 (4.126)

0.407

0.174

0.744

Total leukocyte early apoptosis

9.203 (1.987)

13.535 (3.713)

10.599 (4.431)

0.000*

0.286

0.021*

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD)
  2. Age data was compared by independent t-test; sex data was compared by Pearson’s Chi square test; BMI data was compared by ANCOVA after controlling for age and sex; Sugar, HbA1c, hs-CRP, smoking, voxel-based morphometry measurement, polysomnography result and leukocyte apoptosis data were compared by ANCOVA after controlling for age, sex, and BMI
  3. AHI apnea-hypopnea index; ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance; BMI, body mass index, CSFV cerebrospinal fluid volume; GMV gray matter volume; HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NC normal controls; OSA obstructive sleep apnea; TIV total intracranial volume; WMV white matter volume
  4. NC vs. OSAbaseline: Statistical comparison was performed by ANCOVA between controls and OSAbaseline
  5. NC vs. OSAfollow: Statistical comparison was performed by ANCOVA between controls and OSAfollow
  6. OSAbaseline vs. OSAfollow: Statistical comparison was performed by paired t test between OSAbaseline and OSAfollow
  7. * Statistical threshold was set at p < 0.05