Clinical Study
Inflammation and Growth in Young Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome before and after Adenotonsillectomy
Table 1
Pre- and postsurgery characteristics.
| | | Before surgery | After surgery | value |
| | Age (m) | 23 ± 6 | 28 ± 6 | <0.001 | | Time to follow-up (m) | | 5 ± 2 | NA | | Weight (kg) | 11.11 ± 2.59 | 13 ± 2.48 | <0.001 | | score weight (STD) | −1.29 ± 1.84 | −0.55 ± 1.51 | 0.002 | | Height (cm) | 83.28 ± 8.74 | 88.09 ± 6.34 | <0.001 | | score height (STD) | −1.18 ± 1.9 | −0.49 ± 1.44 | 0.223 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 15.85 ± 1.67 | 16.7 ± 1.69 | 0.037 | | score BMI (STD) | −0.51 ± 1.24 | 0.36 ± 1.18 | 0.007 | | Circulating CRP (mg%) | 0.72 ± 0.9 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.131 | | Circulating IGF-1 (nmol/L) | 4.32 ± 2.71 | 6.69 ± 2.69 | 0.104 | | Daily caloric intake (kcal) | 837 ± 233 | 1214 ± 412 | <0.001 | | Apnea-hypopnea index (events/h) | 16.8 ± 7.7 | NA | | | Oxygen minimal (nadir) saturation (%) | 78.6 ± 8.4 | NA | | | Arousals index (events/h) | 18.6 ± 11.3 | NA | | | Total sleep time (min) | 429.6 ± 174.3 | NA | |
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