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Table 2 Comorbidity in the investigated patient groups

From: No evidence of enhanced oxidant production in blood obtained from patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Disease

Number of patients with a given disease

 

OSAS n = 27

CPAP-OSAS n = 22

Controls n = 11

Arterial hypertension

16

16

4

Ischemic heart disease

7

7

2

Diabetes

2

4

0

Gout

0

4

0

  1. OSAS – patients with untreated OSAS; CPAP-OSAS – patients with OSAS treated successfully after a first attempt with CPAP, controls – subjects without OSAS.