Table 3 Evaluated correlations between MADRS score and demographic, questionnaire, gene expression, and polysomnographic variables.

From: Circadian clock dysregulation: a potential mechanism of depression in obstructive sleep apnea patients

 

Parameter

MADRS score

  

R

p value

Demographics

Age

−0.032

0.719

BMI

0.183

0.041

Questionnaires

ME score of CQ

0.332

<0.001

AM score of CQ

0.557

<0.001

ISI score

0.611

<0.001

ESS score

0.175

0.047

Gene expression

Evening

BMAL1

−0.047

0.624

Morning

0.247

0.011

Evening

CLOCK

0.040

0.682

Morning

0.259

0.009

Evening

CRY1

−0.002

0.986

Morning

0.243

0.014

Evening

PER1

−0.009

0.926

Morning

0.293

0.003

Evening

NPAS2

−0.076

0.412

Morning

0.232

0.024

Evening

NR1D1

−0.042

0.660

Morning

0.249

0.010

PSG parameters

Sleep efficiency

−0.127

0.301

Sleep onset latency

0.045

0.615

Sleep maintenance efficiency

−0.144

0.243

REM sleep latency

0.055

0.534

TST

0.037

0.675

REM

−0.024

0.793

N1 nREM

0.126

0.157

N2 nREM

−0.116

0.193

N3 nREM

−0.021

0.813

nREM

0.010

0.912

Arousal index

0.125

0.160

AHI

0.159

0.071

AHI in REM

0.134

0.134

AHI in nREM

0.184

0.039

Total number of desaturations

0.166

0.172

Desaturation index

0.179

0.041

Basal SpO2

−0.148

0.095

Mean SpO2 during desaturations

−0.138

0.118

Minimum SpO2

−0.107

0.256

  1. AHI apnea-hypopnea index, AM subjective amplitude, BMAL1 brain and muscle ARNT-like 1, BMI body mass index, CLOCK circadian locomotor output cycles kaput, CRY1 cryptochrome 1, CQ Chronotype Questionnaire, ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, MADRS Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, ME morningness-eveningness, NPAS2 neuronal PAS domain 2, NR1D1 nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member 1, nREM non-rapid eye movement, OSA obstructive sleep apnea, PER1 period 1, REM rapid eye movement, SpO2 oxygen saturation, TST total sleep time.
  2. Bold values in the tables mark statistically significant data.