Research Article
Cystatin C Levels in Middle-Aged Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Table 1
Comparison of anthropometric characteristics between OSAS patients and controls.
| | OSAS patients (AHI > 5/h)
| Controls (AHI < 5/h)
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| Gender (male/female) | 52/12 | 16/4 | 0.680 | Age (years) | 51.78 ± 11.55 | 51.40 ± 16.24 | 0.944 | BMI (kg/m2) | 36.34 ± 13.18 | 33.73 ± 5.68 | 0.308 | Neck circumference (cm) | 44.18 ± 4.15 | 39.66 ± 4.84 | 0.072 | Waist circumference (cm) | 121.58 ± 19.72 | 110.91 ± 22.30 | 0.308 | Hip circumference (cm) | 120.85 ± 14.73 | 115.16 ± 16.50 | 0.453 | Waist to hip ratio | 1.02 ± 0.69 | 0.96 ± 0.06 | 0.106 | Smoking (%) | 33 | 31 | 0.538 |
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BMI: body mass index and OSAS: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
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