| All patient (n = 104) | OSA without arteriosclerosis ( n = 76) | OSA with arteriosclerosis ( n = 28) | p value |
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Clinical characteristics | ||||
 Age (yrs) | 44.06 ± 10.37 | 44.37 ± 10.02 | 43.21 ± 11.41 | 0.62 |
 Male (n/%) | 78 (75%) | 58 (76%) | 20 (71%) | 0.61 |
 Height (cm) | 172.12 ± 8.32 | 172.17 ± 7.94 | 171.96 ± 9.43 | 0.91 |
 Weight (kg) | 83.94 ± 14.40 | 84.01 ± 14.19 | 83.61 ± 15.24 | 0.92 |
 Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.31 ± 4.33 | 28.33 ± 4.38 | 28.27 ± 4.28 | 0.95 |
 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 130.96 ± 14.31 | 124.25 ± 7.18 | 129.05 ± 13.93 | 0.02 |
 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 86.54 ± 8.90 | 78.20 ± 6.04 | 87.82 ± 8.46 | 0.04 |
 Smoking (n/%) | 57 (55%) | 39 (51%) | 18 (64%) | 0.24 |
Laboratory examination | ||||
 Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | 5.25 ± 0.60 | 5.27 ± 0.64 | 5.20 ± 0.45 | 0.61 |
 ALT (U/L) | 21.00 (18.00–25.00) | 21.50 (18.00–26.00) | 21.00 (18.00–25.00) | 0.91 |
 Creatine (μmol/L) | 69.73 ± 11.59 | 68.65 ± 11.74 | 72.64 ± 10.84 | 0.12 |
 Urea (mmol/L) | 4.87 ± 1.20 | 4.87 ± 1.22 | 4.87 ± 1.16 | 0.98 |
 Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.15 (1.01–1.38) | 1.13 (1.01–1.38) | 1.23 (0.83–1.58) | 0.70 |
 Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.43 ± 1.02 | 4.39 ± 0.96 | 4.52 ± 1.19 | 0.57 |
 HDLC (mmol/L) | 1.24 ± 0.35 | 1.22 ± 0.34 | 1.26 ± 0.36 | 0.61 |
 LDLC (mmol/L) | 2.45 ± 0.89 | 2.41 ± 0.77 | 2.54 ± 1.16 | 0.49 |
 AOPP (μmol/L) | 56.60 (54.05–58.36) | 56.35 (53.64–58.14) | 57.89 (55.82–58.82) | 0.01 |
 IL-6 (pg/mL) | 58.58 (56.10–59.97) | 58.32 (55.59–59.98) | 59.44 (57.13–61.30) | 0.03 |
 GDF15 (ng/L) | 97.33 (93.35–100.76) | 94.20 (92.21–98.66) | 101.45 (99.33–103.68) | 0.01 |