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

Table 4

Changes in clinical characteristics comparing baseline to 3 months postintervention.

Variable	Baseline ()	Post 3 months ()
			value
Weight (kg)			0.178
Height (cm)			0.490
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.166
Pulse			1.000
SBP (mmHg)			0.518
DBP (mmHg)			0.411
ESS			<0.001
AHI (events/h)			0.006
AI (events/h)			0.008
HI (events/h)			0.004
T. Chol (mmol/L)			0.664
HDL (mmol/L)			0.839
LDL (mmol/L)			0.682
TG (mmol/L)			0.789
GLU (mmol/L)			0.711
HbA1c (%)			0.334
WBC (10^9/L)			0.038
C-pep (pmol/L)			0.221
Insulin (U/L)			0.507
IGFBP1 (ng/ml)			0.678
IGFBP2 (ng/ml)			0.231
IGFBP3 (ng/ml)			0.435
IGFBP4 (ng/ml)			0.027
IGFBP7 (ng/ml)			0.439

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.