LGALS3 and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Hamdi Pusuroglu et al. [137] found that mean gal-3 concentration significantly increased with the severity of OSA (mild: 4.3 ± 1200 ng/mL, moderate: 5.1 ± 1.4 ng/mL, severe: 6.4 ± 1700 ng/mL; p < 0.001).