Early Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of OSA patients and control subjects.

	Patients (𝑛=125)	Controls (𝑛=78)	𝑃
Males (𝑛, %)	91 (72.8%)	36 (46.2%)	<0.001**
Age (years)	51.6±10.7	48.8±10.2	0.073
BMI (kg/m^2)	31.6±5.6	24.9±2.8	<0.001**
BMI 30+ (𝑛, %)	67 (53.6%)	5 (6.4%)	<0.001**
BSA (m^2)	2.12±0.23	1.91±0.19	<0.001**
Hypertension (𝑛, %)	69 (55.6%)	5 (6.4%)	<0.001**
Hypercholesterolemia (𝑛, %)	94 (75.2%)	51 (65.4%)	0.132
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	6.02±1.27	5.79±1.13	0.187
Hypertriglyceridemia (𝑛, %)	56 (44.8%)	11 (14.1%)	<0.001**
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.99±1.20	1.28±0.88	<0.001**
Low HDL (𝑛, %)	35 (28.0%)	11 (14.1%)	0.021*
HDL (mmol/L)	1.25±0.31	1.48±0.32	<0.001**
Smoking (𝑛, %)	45 (36.0%)	16 (20.5%)	0.019*

Results are presented as 𝑛 (%) or mean ± SD.
BMI: body mass index; BSA: body surface area; HDL: high density lipoproteins.
∗∗Means high significant, ∗means significant.