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Patients with an AHI greater than 5, who underwent both spirometry and thoracic CT within a three-month interval, were included. Spirometric functional volume and morphological CT lung volume were assessed. Associations between OSAS severity and both functional and morphological lung volumes were analyzed. Results: A total of 195 patients were enrolled, of whom 166 had CT scans suitable for lung volume assessment. Among all patients, 20 (10.3%) were in the mild, 39 (20.0%) in the moderate, and 136 (69.7%) in the severe OSAS group. Ordinal regression analysis was performed to evaluate the factors influencing these categories. Age (p &lt; 0.001) and BMI (p &lt; 0.001) were positively correlated with disease severity, whereas female sex was associated with a lower risk of severe disease (p = 0.003). Conclusions: Functional and morphological lung volumes did not affect OSAS severity. Functional and morphological lung volumes were positively correlated with each other. 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