Research Article
The Treg/Th17 Imbalance in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study population.
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Values are expressed as mean ± SD. * P < 0.05, Control versus total OSAS; †P < 0.05, Mild to Moderate OSAS versus Severe OSAS; ‡P < 0.05, Control versus Mild to Moderate OSAS; §P < 0.05, Control versus Severe OSAS. Definition of abbreviations: AHI: apnoea hypopnoea index; BMI: body mass index; ESS, Epworth sleepiness scale; nadir: lowest oxygen saturation recorded; OSAS: obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome; TST: total sleep time. |