Analysis of the Salivary Microbiome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients

Table 1

The basic clinical information of OSAS patients and control subjects.

Characteristics	OSAS	Controls	value
No. of subjects	15	9	—
Age (years)	47.0 ± 9.5^a	40.2 ± 9.4^a	0.103
Sex (male/female)	13/2	6/3	0.326
BMI^d (kg/m^2)	27.0 ± 3.8^a	28.5 ± 6.4^a	0.453
AHI^c (events/h)	54.4 ± 19.0^a	2.7 ± 1.2^a	<0.001
Mean SaO2 (%)	93 (91–94)^b	96 (95–97)^b	0.007
Minimum SaO2 (%)	74 (67–81)^b	93 (91–94)^b	<0.001
ODI^e (events/h)	58.0 (47.0–69.1)^b	3.4 (1.7–5.2)^b	<0.001

^aValues are presented as means ± SD. ^bValues are presented as mean (with 95% confidence intervals) as appropriate. ^cAHI = apnea-hypopnea index. ^dBMI = body mass index. ^eODI = oxygen desaturation index. The age and BHI and AHI indexes were compared by independent-samples t-test, and the sex index was compared by the chi-square test; the other indexes of mean SaO₂, minimum SaO₂, and ODI indexes were compared by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, respectively, using SPSS software.