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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Nov 7;59(12):2217–2225. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03731.x

Table 3.

Associations of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Nocturnal Hypoxemia and Cognition. Adjusted Means (95% Confidence Interval).

Trails B Completion Time (seconds) 3MS Score DVT Completion Time (seconds)

Minimally Multivariate Minimally Multivariate Minimally Multivariate
Predictor Adjusted* Adjusted Adjusted* Adjusted Adjusted* Adjusted
Apnea-Hypopnea Index (per hour sleep)
    <5 (n = 618) 109.5 (106.3, 112.9) 109.4 (106.1, 112.8) 93.0 (92.6, 93.4) 93.0 (92.6, 93.4) 527.9 (516.3, 539.7) 527.6 (516.1, 539.3)
    5 to <15 (n = 1,029) 110.1 (107.5, 112.7) 110.3 (107.8, 112.8) 93.2 (92.9, 93.5) 93.2 (92.9, 93.5) 530.4 (521.5, 539.6) 531.5 (522.7, 540.4)
    15 to <30 (n = 759) 113.1 (110.0, 116.2) 113.3 (110.4, 116.4) 93.0 (92.7, 93.4) 93.1 (92.8, 93.5) 530.4 (520.0, 541.1) 532.2 (522.0, 542.7)
    30+ (n = 503) 112.8 (109.1, 116.8) 111.7 (108.0, 115.5) 92.9 (92.5, 93.4) 93.0 (92.6, 93.5) 534.7 (521.7, 548.1) 527.4 (514.6, 540.4)
  P-trend 0.087 0.166 0.595 0.926 0.492 0.963
% Sleep Time with SaO2<90%
    <1% (n = 1,410) 110.9 (108.7, 113.2) 111.4 (109.1, 113.7) 93.1 (92.8, 93.3) 93.1 (92.8, 93.3) 526.7 (519.0, 534.5) 528.7 (520.9, 536.6)
    1 to <3.5% (n =767) 111.2 (108.3, 114.3) 111.3 (108.4, 114.3) 93.1 (92.7, 93.4) 93.1 (92.7, 93.4) 529.4 (519.1, 539.9) 529.9 (519.8, 540.1)
    3.5 to <10%(n=374) 111.0 (106.8, 115.5) 110.6 (106.4, 114.9) 93.2 (92.6, 93.7) 93.2 (92.7, 93.7) 532.7 (517.8, 548.1) 530.2 (515.6, 545.3)
    10%+ (n = 358) 112.4 (108.0, 117.0) 110.2 (105.8, 114.8) 93.0 (92.5, 93.5) 93.2 (92.6, 93.7) 546.9 (531.2, 563.1) 536.2 (520.6, 552.4)
  P-trend 0.640 0.643 0.901 0.635 0.037 0.475
Any Sleep Time with SaO2<80%
  No (n = 2,715) 111.1 (109.5, 112.7) 111.1 (109.6, 112.7) 93.1 (92.9, 93.3) 93.1 (92.9, 93.3) 528.5 (523.0, 534.1) 528.7 (523.3, 534.1)
  Yes (n = 194) 113.2 (107.1, 119.6) 111.3 (105.4, 117.7) 92.6 (91.9, 93.4) 92.8 (92.1, 93.5) 561.2 (539.5, 583.6) 551.0 (529.8, 573.2)
  P-value 0.524 0.941 0.215 0.382 0.004 0.046
*

Adjusted for age, race, and clinic.

Adjusted for age, race, clinic, body mass index, instrumental activities of daily living, comorbidities, antidepressant use, benzodiazepine use, Geriatric Depression Scale score, education, alcohol use, smoking, physical activity, and self-reported health status.

DVT=Digit Vigilance Test.