Research Article

Impaired Glucose Metabolisms of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Characteristics of OSA with non-T2DM and OSA with T2DM.

ParametersNon-T2DM ()T2DM ()

Male24 (72.73)17 (85.00)0.486
Female9 (27.27)3 (15.00)
Age (years)44.03 ± 11.6047.70 ± 10.570.254
Weight (kg)84.27 ± 13.5887.94 ± 11.690.321
Height (m)1.71 ± 0.081.73 ± 0.060.248
BMI (kg/m2)28.86 ± 3.5029.36 ± 2.940.597
Waist circumference (cm)105.00 (89.50, 108.00)102.00 (97.00, 109.00)0.508
Neck circumference (cm)45.00 (39.00, 48.00)45.00 (41.00, 46.00)0.804
Comorbidities
 Obesity19 (57.58)15 (75.00)0.200
 Hypertension28 (84.85)13 (65.00)0.182
 Dyslipidemia24 (72.72)18 (90.00)0.249
 NAFLD30 (90.91)20 (100.00)0.438
Sleep characteristics
 TST (min)382.12 ± 59.48391.60 ± 51.000.556
 Sleep efficiency (%)82.80 ± 12.2583.76 ± 9.510.768
 Stage N1/TST (%)17.88 ± 11.9221.34 ± 13.660.337
 Stage N2/TST (%)62.23 ± 10.1061.83 ± 15.250.910
 Stage N3/TST (%)0 (0, 5.95)0 (0, 2.81)0.787
 Stage REM/TST (%)17.11 ± 6.7115.92 ± 4.650.487
 AHI (events/h)31.60 (19.55, 72.05)43.70 (21.90, 73.03)0.633
 N-REM AHI (events/h)27.60 (18.25, 73.05)40.25 (22.53, 74.90)0.430
 REM AHI (events/h)53.90 (22.45, 65.25)48.45 (25.13, 63.83)0.577
 Nadir SpO2 (%)82.00 (73.00, 87.00)74.00 (50.50, 86.00)0.139
 Mean SpO2 (%)95.00 (93.00, 96.35)93.00 (87.50, 95.88)0.075
 ODI (events/h)21.40 (11.00, 73.80)38.30 (17.50, 73.68)0.271
Biochemical parameters
 FBG (mmol/L)5.41 ± 0.588.82 ± 1.86≤0.001
 Cholesterol (mmol/L)4.84 ± 0.734.44 ± 1.040.111
 Triglycerides (mmol/L)2.25 ± 1.322.30 ± 0.910.889
 HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)1.14 ± 0.221.07 ± 0.180.221
 LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)3.09 ± 0.682.84 ± 0.850.245

Continuous data with normal distribution are presented as mean ± SD, continuous data with nonnormal distribution are presented as median (first quartile, third quartile), and noncontinuous data are presented as number (%). T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; TST: total sleep time; AHI: apnea-hypopnea index; REM: rapid eye movement; N-REM: nonrapid eye movement; SpO2: arterial oxygen saturation; ODI: oxygen desaturation index; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein ().