Table 5 Spearman’s correlations between changes in serum levels of 10 markers, PSG parameters and biomarker levels.

	ΔAHI	ΔMean SaO₂	ΔLSpO₂	ΔCT90%	ΔODI	ΔMAI	ΔESS	ΔGlucose	ΔHOMA-IR	ΔTC	ΔLDL-C	ΔApoB
ΔVEGFA	0.242	−0.178	−0.054	0.298^*	0.259	−0.069	−0.089	0.051	0.137	−0.083	−0.068	−0.122
ΔAng2	−0.11	0.157	−0.058	−0.2	0.161	−0.009	0.061	0.07	−0.025	0.121	0.236	0.372^*
ΔE-selectin	−0.227	0.11	−0.093	−0.135	−0.061	0.113	0.111	0.1	−0.166	0.187	0.146	0.18
ΔvWF	0.004	0.074	−0.07	−0.28	−0.043	−0.151	0.027	0.012	−0.268	−0.12	−0.032	−0.173
ΔvWFCP	−0.012	0.112	−0.086	−0.075	0.244	0.021	0.106	0.317^*	0.088	0.066	0.014	0.237
ΔTM	0.191	−0.211	0.066	0.343^*	0.139	0.202	−0.061	−0.07	−0.056	0.064	0.084	0.022

Abbreviations: VEGFA = vascular endothelium growth factor A, Ang2 = angiopoietin-2, E-selectin = endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule, vWF = von willebrand factor, vWFCP = von willebrand factor cleavage protease, TM = thrombomodulin, AHI = apnea-hypopnea index, SaO₂ = oxygen saturation, LSpO₂ = lowest pulse oxygen saturation, CT90 = percentage of time during which oxyhemoglobin saturation was < 90%, ODI = oxygen desaturation index, MAI = micro-arousal index, ESS = Epworth Sleepiness Scale, HOMA-IR = homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance index, TC = total cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo B = apolipoprotein B.
*p < 0.05.

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