Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in a Cohort of Newly Diagnosed Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Table 1

Comparison of anthropometric characteristics between controls and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients.

	Controls	Mild OSAS	Moderate OSAS	Severe OSAS	Controls versus mild OSAS	Controls versus moderate OSAS	Controls versus severe OSAS	Mild versus moderate OSAS	Mild versus severe OSAS	Moderate versus severe OSAS
Number	77	91	58	167	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gender (males/females)	41/36	64/27	42/16	141/26	0.023	0.020	<0.001	0.736	0.007	0.05
Age (years)	45.3 ± 10.1	48.8 ± 9.8	53 ± 9.8	51 ± 9.7	0.023	<0.001	<0.001	0.011	0.088	0.170
BMI (kg/m^2)	32.5 ± 7.4	32.9 ± 5.7	32.6 ± 5.8	35.5 ± 6.6	0.722	0.917	0.002	0.809	0.002	0.005
Neck circumference (cm)	41.2 ± 4.3	42.6 ± 3.7	42.3 ± 3.3	44.7 ± 4	0.058	0.236	<0.001	0.682	0.001	0.003
Waist circumference (cm)	112.4 ± 18.2	114.5 ± 13.7	117.2 ± 15	121.1 ± 15.1	0.477	0.226	0.002	0.399	0.007	0.221
Hip circumference (cm)	116.7 ± 16.8	115.4 ± 10.6	117.5 ± 13.4	121.2 ± 14.8	0.596	0.821	0.094	0.402	0.008	0.227
WHR	0.93 ± 0.06	0.98 ± 0.06	0.99 ± 0.07	1 ± 0.06	0.061	0.020	0.001	0.740	0.040	0.796
Smoking (%)	47.2	42.7	40.1	47.6	0.566	0.453	0.410	0.695	0.218	0.367

BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist to hip ratio.