Clinical Study
Relationships between Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment, and Inflammatory Cytokines
Table 5
Results from correlations and regressions exploring relationships between serum IL-6 levels and polysomnographic parameters impacted by CPAP treatment.
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Minimum SaO2: the lowest oxygen saturation recorded during sleep; mean SaO2: the average oxygen saturation recorded during sleep; SaO2 ≥ 90 (% TST): the amount of total sleep time spent at ≥90% saturation; ESS: Epworth sleepiness scale; AHI: apnea-hypopnea index. |