Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers in a Large Sample of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients without Comorbidities

Table 2

Percentage of subjects with high inflammatory biomarkers in the four OSA severity groups.

Variables	Controls	Mild	Moderate	Severe	value	value	value	value	value	value	value
					Across all	Controls versus mild	Controls versus moderate	Controls versus severe	Mild versus moderate	Mild versus severe	Moderate versus severe
Hs-CRP (≥1 mg/dL)	23%	17.2%	27.7%	28.2%	0.04	0.2	0.36	0.26	0.02	0.008	0.9
Fibrinogen (>400 mg/dL)	11.8%	13.4%	10.1%	19.8%	0.04	0.7	0.68	0.07	0.39	0.11	0.016
ESR (>30 mm/hr)	7.8%	7.5%	11.1%	11.7%	0.36	0.91	0.33	0.21	0.25	0.14	0.84
UA (>7 mg/dL)	6.8%	8.6%	13.7%	17.5%	0.003	0.51	0.036	0.001	0.14	0.008	0.32

hs-CRP: hs-C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; UA: uric acid.