Common carotid artery-intima media thickness (CCA-IMT), plaque formation and stenoses of large extracranial vessels in the obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients and the controls
| OSA group | Control group | p-value | |
| Patients n | 35 | 35 | |
| CCA-IMT left | 1.04±0.04 (0.93–1.13) | 0.80±0.02 (0.74–0.85) | <0.01 |
| CCA-IMT right | 1.03±0.04 (0.92–1.10) | 0.79±0.02 (0.74–0.85) | <0.01 |
| CCA-IMT combined | 1.04±0.04 (0.93–1.12) | 0.79±0.02 (0.74–0.85) | <0.01 |
| Plaques | |||
| Grade 0 % | 14 | 36 | <0.05 |
| Grade 1 % | 37 | 54 | ns |
| Grade 2 % | 40 | 7 | <0.01 |
| Grade 3 % | 9 | 3 | ns |
| Plaque score | 1.43±0.14 (1.10–1.62) | 0.96±0.13 (0.83–1.17) | <0.05 |
| Stenoses % | 14 | 0 | <0.05 |
Data are presented as mean±sem (95% confidence interval), unless otherwise stated. Statistics were performed using the Mann-Whitney U-Wilcoxon rank sum W-test for continuous variables and Chi-squared analysis for categorical variables. ns: nonsignificant.