Clinical Study

Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Peripheral Blood Neutrophils of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

Table 3

Correlation coefficients between neutrophil reactive oxygen species and polysomnographic parameters in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Variable

Apnea/hypopnea index (events/h)0.4290.003
Arousal index (events/h)0.502<0.001
Oxygen desaturation index (events/h)0.2950.047
Average SpO2 (%)−0.3100.036
Total sleep time SpO2 < 90% (%)0.3370.022

Spearman’s rho coefficient. Statistically significant differences are bolded.