Reassessing the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on arterial stiffness and peripheral blood derived CD34+ progenitor cells in subjects with sleep apnea

Table 2 Arterial stiffness parameters in patients subjected to 3 months of CPAP

	Visit 1	Visit 2	p value	Effect size
Pulse wave velocity	8.60 ± 1.99	7.48 ± 2.37	0.063	0.72
Systolic blood pressure (radial)	126.56 ± 13.13	122.00 ± 11.37	0.232	0.43
Diastolic blood pressure (radial)	82.06 ± 7.84	79.44 ± 9.51	0.379	0.31
Augmentation index-75	13.17 ± 12.60	13.69 ± 14.48	0.846	0.07
Augmentation pressure	4.56 ± 5.43	5.15 ± 5.20	0.622	0.15

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