The Ventilatory and Diffusion Dysfunctions in Obese Patients with and without Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome
Table 1
Anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the two obese groups.
Control group (n = 25)
OSAS group (n = 23)
Total sample (n = 48)
Male (number)
16
16
32
0.682 (ns)
Age (years)
43.53±9.60
50.08±9.28
46.61±9.92
0.019
Weight (kg)
97.00 ± 12.93
100.00 ± 13.20
98.40 ± 13.01
0.264 (ns)
Height (m)
1.68 ± 0.09
1.67 ± 0.09
1.67 ± 0.09
0.909 (ns)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
34.42 ± 4.63
35.78 ± 4.72
35.06 ± 4.68
0.179 (ns)
Smoking habits (yes/no)
10/15
12/11
22/26
0.397 (ns)
Diabetes mellitus (yes/no)
10/15
10/13
20/28
0.807 (ns)
Arterial hypertension (yes/no)
4/21
10/15
14/34
0.036 ѳ
ns, not significant difference; OSAS, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. value < 0.05: comparison between controls and OSAS groups by the Mann–Whitney U test. ѳ value < 0.05: comparison between controls and OSAS groups by the chi-squared test.
