Table 3.
Prevalence and Odds Ratios of Comorbid Diagnoses of Women and Men OSA Patients vs. Paired Matched Control Subjects
| Diagnosis | Women |
Men |
Women vs. Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control n | OSA n | OR (95% CI) | Control n | OSA n | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | ||
| CVD | 84 | 108 | 1.4 (1.02–2.04) | 94 | 138 | 1.9 (1.4–2.7) | 0.7 (0.5–0.91) | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 103 | 132 | 1.5 (1.1–2.1) | 93 | 145 | 2.1 (1.5–3) | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) | |
| Diabetes | 32 | 49 | 1.6 (1.01–2.6) | 26 | 48 | 2.0 (1.2–3.3) | 1.03 (0.7–1.6) | |
| Asthma | 15 | 30 | 2.1 (1.1–4) | 8 | 21 | 2.8 (1.2–6.3) | 1.5 (0.8–2.7) | |
| Hypothyroidism | 28 | 42 | 1.6 (0.95–2.6) | 4 | 10 | 2.6 (0.79–8.2) | 4.7 (2.3–10) | |
| Arthropathy | 73 | 103 | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 54 | 76 | 1.6 (1.05–2.3) | 1.6 (1.1–2.2) | |
| Reflux/Esophagitis/Gastritis | 7 | 17 | 2.5 (1.02–6.1) | 7 | 11 | 1.6 (0.61–4.2) | 1.6 (0.7–3.4) | |
Arthropathy (codes 713, 716.9), asthma (codes 491, 493, 496), CVD – cardiovascular disease (codes 401–405, 410–414, 426–438, 443), diabetes mellitus (code 250), hyperlipidemia (code 272), hypothyroidism (code 244.9), reflux/esophagitis/gastritis (codes 530, 535, 593, 716.9 are combined in the CHS data bases).
Values are prevalence number subjects, Odds Ratio (OR), and 95% confidence interval (95% CI).