Research Article

Correlation between Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Cardiac Disease Severity

Table 2

Comparing other risk factors in patients with or without OSA.

Low risk patients High risk patients value

Triglyceride (mmol/L) 0.004
HDL (mmol/L) 0.018
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL) 0.001
Blood pressure (sys) 0.024
ESS 0.007
Number of vessels
 One vessel118 (60.2%)78 (39.8%)0.005
 Two vessels61 (35.9%)109 (64.1%)
 Three vessels15 (37.5%)25 (62.5%)
EKG
 Ischemic69 (17%)99 (24.4%)
 Nonischemic125 (30.8%)113 (27.8%)0.004
 Q-wave24 (5.9%)64 (15.8%)
 Non-Q-wave170 (41.9%)148 (36.4%)0.002
 ST elevation25 (5.7%)97 (23.9%)
 Non-ST elevation 169 (42.1%)115 (28.3%)0.004
 ST depression79 (19.4%)92 (22.7%)
 Non-ST depression119 (29.3%)116 (28.6%)0.083

Data are presented as number (percentage) and mean ± standard deviation.