Table 3.

Estimates of the proportion of patients with POSA among those with OSA and of the difference between the sex-specific proportions

Age Group	Male		Female		Difference in proportions between M and F
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI	P value a
[2,5)	0.23	(0.18, 0.28)	0.25	(0.20, 0.32)	-0.03	(-0.10, 0.05)	0.53
[5,10)	0.28	(0.23, 0.33)	0.32	(0.27, 0.39)	-0.05	(-0.12, 0.03)	0.53
[10,15)	0.46	(0.40, 0.53)	0.42	(0.34, 0.50)	0.05	(-0.05, 0.15)	0.53
[15,20)	0.58	(0.50, 0.67)	0.54	(0.43, 0.65)	0.04	(-0.09, 0.18)	0.53
[20,25)	0.55	(0.46, 0.64)	0.51	(0.40, 0.63)	0.04	(-0.11, 0.19)	0.67
[25,30)	0.47	(0.38, 0.56)	0.46	(0.37, 0.55)	0.01	(-0.11, 0.14)	0.85
[30,35)	0.64	(0.58, 0.71)	0.51	(0.44, 0.59)	0.13	( 0.03, 0.23)	0.02
[35,40)	0.63	(0.57, 0.68)	0.60	(0.54, 0.66)	0.02	(-0.06, 0.10)	0.67
[40,45)	0.66	(0.61, 0.71)	0.56	(0.51, 0.62)	0.10	( 0.03, 0.17)	0.02
[45,50)	0.67	(0.62, 0.71)	0.53	(0.49, 0.58)	0.13	( 0.07, 0.20)	0.001
[50,55)	0.68	(0.63, 0.72)	0.56	(0.51, 0.60)	0.12	( 0.06, 0.19)	0.001
[55,60)	0.67	(0.62, 0.71)	0.56	(0.51, 0.61)	0.11	( 0.04, 0.17)	0.004
[60,65)	0.64	(0.58, 0.69)	0.54	(0.49, 0.59)	0.10	( 0.02, 0.17)	0.03
[65,70)	0.75	(0.69, 0.79)	0.61	(0.55, 0.66)	0.14	( 0.06, 0.21)	0.002
[70,75)	0.71	(0.65, 0.77)	0.60	(0.52, 0.67)	0.12	( 0.02, 0.22)	0.03
[75,105)	0.66	(0.59, 0.72)	0.64	(0.56, 0.71)	0.02	(-0.07, 0.12)	0.67

These model-based estimates are from a logistic regression model as described in the Methods without any adjustment for BMI. All age groups span 5 y except the first (3 y) and last (30 y). POSA, supine positional obstructive sleep apnea; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; M, male; F, female

^aP value adjusted for multiple testing using Benjamini-Hochberg procedure to control the false discovery rate