Research Article

Alterations in Serum Adropin, Adiponectin, and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in OSAS

Table 2

One-way variance analysis results for the adiponectin, adropin, IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, triglyceride, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and glucose values of OSAS groups.

VariableOSAS classnMeanSDTest value

AdiponectinNon-OSAS825.402.784.8890.006
Mild OSAS283.421.57
Moderate OSAS262.801.92
Severe OSAS302.051.01

AdropinNon-OSAS82188,8830,55424,665<0.001
Mild OSAS28354,2861,74
Moderate OSAS26523,3348,98
Severe OSAS30774,2836,54

IL-1 betaNon-OSAS821.700.2131.972<0.001
Mild OSAS2811.807.04
Moderate OSAS2617.205.96
Severe OSAS3023.742.98

TNF-alphaNon-OSAS823.801.0819.440<0.001
Mild OSAS285.903.04
Moderate OSAS267.302.45
Severe OSAS308.602.35

TriglycerideNon-OSAS82189.8057.050.1660.919
Mild OSAS28181.7055.15
Moderate OSAS26185.4128.88
Severe OSAS30199.4024.38

CholesterolNon-OSAS82217.0028.510.6450.591
Mild OSAS28201.4029.10
Moderate OSAS26208.3030.00
Severe OSAS30215.7717.70

HDLNon-OSAS8243.7910.500.1700.916
Mild OSAS2841.7018.90
Moderate OSAS2643.4010.01
Severe OSAS3046.3511.16

LDLNon-OSAS82130.0124.830.1260.944
Mild OSAS28128.1026.80
Moderate OSAS26123.6112.67
Severe OSAS30128.1017.45

GlucoseNon-OSAS82100.7211.210.1260.975
Mild OSAS2898.1313.83
Moderate OSAS2695.6112.67
Severe OSAS30102.1714.25

OSAS: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Ort: average; SS: standard deviation; TNF-alpha: tumor necrosis factor-alpha; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein. Statistical significance.