TABLE 5.

ADJUSTED ODDS RATIOS FOR INCIDENT HYPERTENSION AMONG SLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDY SUBJECTS WHO WERE NORMOTENSIVE AT BASELINE, ACCORDING TO BASELINE APNEA-HYPOPNEA INDEX, STRATIFIED BY AGE

	Age ≤59 yr		Age >59 yr
Baseline AHI	n	OR (95% CI)	n	OR (95% CI)
0–4.9	879	—	576	—
5–14.9	262	1.02 (0.70–1.50)	340	0.85 (0.62–1.16)
15–29.9	96	1.79 (1.08–2.95)	131	0.82 (0.53–1.26)
≥30	33	1.47 (0.64–3.37)	54	1.53 (0.84–2.79)

Definition of abbreviations: AHI = apnea-hypopnea index; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.