Research Article

Reduced Systemic Levels of IL-10 Are Associated with the Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Insulin Resistance in Morbidly Obese Humans

Table 2

Polysomnographic characteristics of the study subjects.

ControlMOMO+OSAControl versus MOControl versus MO+OSAMO versus MO+OSA

Total sleep time (hours)7.3 ± 0.56.7 ± 0.936.6 ± 0.4>0.9>0.9>0.9
Sleep latency (min)7.5 ± 4.626.3 ± 17.642.1 ± 28.80.00540.0054>0.9
Sleep efficiency (%)89.6 ± 6.483.5 ± 10.881.6 ± 9>0.9>0.9>0.9
Light sleep (%)61.6 ± 9.563 ± 5.472.6 ± 10>0.9>0.9>0.9
Slow wave sleep (%)17.6 ± 819.5 ± 215.4 ± 10>0.9>0.9>0.9
REM sleep (%) 26.4 ± 18.717.5 ± 512 ± 4.5>0.90.0095>0.9
Mean SaO290.7 ± 193.2 ± 184.7 ± 10.8>0.9>0.9>0.9
Total arousal index7.37 ± 2.56.25 ± 3.528.53 ± 21>0.9<0.01<0.01
SaO2 < 90%2.45 ± 1.081.56 ± 1.0939.40 ± 13.03<0.001<0.001>0.9
AHI (events/hour)7.5 ± 3.37.25 ± 3.451.4 ± 25.7>0.9<0.001<0.001

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Differences were considered significant when . AHI, apnea-hypopnea index.