Table 5.

Association between moderate/severe OSA and clinical-anatomical characteristics: multivariate regression

Category	OR	CI 95%	p-value
Sex: male	0.065	0.003–1.67	0.095
Age ≥ 48 years old	33.64	1.2–944.44	0.039
STOP-BANG: moderate-high risk	0.426	0.02–9.52	0.59
Weight ≥ 105 kg	4.62	0.33–65.86	0.258
Neck: thick	3.79	0.25–57.76	0.338
Neck circumference ≥ 41.25 cm	6.61	0.29–149.13	0.235
Flaccid palate: yes	2.31	0.22–24.04	0.483
Mallampati index III-IV	1.16	0.07–18.32	0.92
Friedman Tongue position III-IV	3.07	0.21–45.11	0.413
Retropalatal space: narrow	0.73	0.06–8.46	0.803

CI: confidence interval, OR: odds ratio