Research Article

Explorating the Involvement of Plasma Sestrin2 in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Table 3

Spearman’s correlations between Sestrin2 and other factors in the OSA group.

r valuera value

Age (years)0.0800.642
Waist-to hip-ratio0.1410.410
BMI (kg/m2)−0.1200.486
AHI (events/h)0.3790.0230.4010.023
ODI (events/h)0.3880.0190.4010.023
AI (events/h)0.2050.2290.2080.252
Lowest SPO2 (%)−0.2860.091−0.3140.075
Mean SPO2 (%)−0.4020.015−0.4100.018
Duration of SPO2 < 90% (%)0.0870.6140.1580.387
TST (min)0.0480.779−0.0030.989
REM sleep (%)0.2680.1140.2190.228
NREM sleep (%)−0.2680.114−0.2190.228
TG (mmol/L)−0.3120.064−0.3070.082
TC (mmol/L)0.1000.5620.0920.612
LDL (mmol/L)0.2070.2270.2230.213
HDL (mmol/L)0.5040.0020.5120.002
FBG (mmol/L)−0.0940.5870.1330.654
ESS (scores)−0.0220.889−0.0090.961
Severity of OSA0.4870.0030.4890.004

OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; BMI, body mass index; AHI, apnea/hypopnea index; ODI, oxygen desaturation index; AI, arousal index; SPO2, pulse oxygen saturation; TST, total sleep time; REM, rapid eye movement; NREM, nonrapid eye movement; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; FBG, fasting blood glucose; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Score. aAdjusting for age, BMI, gender, and waist-to-hip ratio. , the results are statistically significant.