The Rise of IGFBP4 in People with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Multilevel Sleep Surgery Recovers Its Basal Levels

Table 1

Clinical and anthropometric characteristics of participants at baseline.

Variable	Non-OSA ()	OSA ()
			value
Age (years)			0.246
Gender	23 (82.1%)/5 (17.9%)	34 (82.9%)/7 (17.1%)	0.933
Weight (kg)			0.372
Height (cm)			0.682
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.181
Pulse			0.119
SBP (mmHg)			0.786
DBP (mmHg)			0.790
ESS			<0.001
AHI (events/h)			<0.001
AI (events/h)			0.019
HI (events/h)			<0.001
T. Chol (mmol/L)			0.681
HDL (mmol/L)			0.037
LDL (mmol/L)			0.525
TG (mmol/L)			0.178
GLU (mmol/L)			0.864
HbA1c (%)			0.939
WBC (10^9/L)			0.335
C-pep (pmol/L)			0.009
Insulin (U/L)			0.035
IGFBP1 (ng/ml)			0.203
IGFBP2 (ng/ml)			0.139
IGFBP3 (ng/ml)			0.485
IGFBP4 (ng/ml)			0.028
IGFBP7 (ng/ml)			0.400

Data are ; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; AHI: apnea-hypopnea index; AI: apnea Index; HI: hypopnea index. ; , indicating high statistical difference.