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Table 4 Comparison between males and females in a subgroup of patients of OSA with MetS

From: Clinical features and predictors of metabolic syndrome among obstructive sleep apnea patients

 

OSA with MS

 

Male

No = 17 (32.1%)

Female

No = 36 (67.9%)

P value

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

 

Age in years

57.76

10.06

59.00

40.00

77.00

53.81

11.99

55.00

22.00

77.00

0.273

BMI in kg/m2

40.78

8.42

38.60

29.40

62.00

46.64

9.58

46.00

26.00

69.00

0.015

HBA1C %

6.66

1.17

6.30

5.20

8.60

7.42

1.30

7.45

5.30

10.00

0.047

Average oxygen saturation (%)

91.41

3.86

91.00

83.00

96.00

89.67

6.09

91.00

76.00

98.00

0.472

SPO2 time < 90% (%)

29.71

26.76

26.00

0.00

82.00

41.02

36.90

23.30

0.00

100.00

0.451

AHI

32.99

24.03

28.00

4.80

95.00

19.83

14.74

14.70

5.20

54.90

0.031

Desaturation index

35.70

27.02

25.00

6.10

97.00

24.95

16.80

21.15

1.80

55.50

0.241

  1. BMI boy mass index, HBA1C glycosylated hemoglobin, AHI apnea hypopnea index, SPO2 O2 saturation in the peripheral blood. One-way (ANOVA) test is used, p value is considered significant if below 0.05