Table 3 OSAS patient characteristics according to the presence of hypertension

Age, years

44.0 ± 15.4

48.9 ± 13.0^*

52.4 ± 11.4^*

0.002

Male, n (%)

33 (54.1)

115 (68.5)

45 (73.8)

0.051

BMI, kg/m²

24.2 ± 4.4

26.0 ± 3.5^*

26.6 ± 3.1^*

0.001

SBP, mmHg

123.4 ± 13.7

125.7 ± 12.7

130.1 ± 13.6^*

0.018

DBP, mmHg

78.4 ± 10.7

78.8 ± 9.0

82.4 ± 10.1^*

0.031

Heart rate, /min

73.3 ± 10.3

74.4 ± 9.4

72.0 ± 9.2

0.177

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

4 (6.5)

9 (5.4)

7 (11.5)

0.255

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

2 (3.3)

6 (3.6)

2 (3.3)

0.993

Smoking, n (%)

6 (9.8)

32 (19.0)

14 (23.0)

0.120

Total cholesterol, mg/dl

170.0 ± 38.2

186.1 ± 44.9

169.0 ± 38.6

0.082

TG, mg/dl

151.2 ± 80.3

157.5 ± 110.1

174.1 ± 128.3

0.716

FBS, mg/dl

101.5 ± 17.2

103.9 ± 33.7

109.9 ± 35.9

0.513

ESR, mm/hr

7.8 ± 11.6

16.4 ± 19.3

12.4 ± 11.2

0.095

hs CRP, mg/L

0.53 ± 1.32

1.02 ± 2.10

1.07 ± 1.61

0.427

PLR

99.5 ± 42.3

121.4 ± 55.5^*

147.9 ± 61.8^*

<0.001

PDW, %

15.9 ± 1.12

16.37 ± 0.81^*

16.44 ± 1.13^*

0.002

AHI

1.91 ± 1.69

33.8 ± 30.1^*

58.2 ± 68.3^*

<0.001

ESS

8.65 ± 4.64

10.1 ± 5.85^*

12.4 ± 5.40^*

0.009