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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2011 Aug 22;219(2):963–968. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.021

Table 4.

Association of Habitual Snoring (Habitual snoring vs. No Habitual snoring) with Cardiovascular Outcomes and All-cause Mortality in MESA*

Outcome # of events Univariate Hazard ratio(95%CI) P value Multivariate Hazard ratio(95%CI) P value
Composite 310 0.85(0.65 – 1.11) 0.23 0.91(0.69–1.20) 0.49
Hard CHD 128 0.77(0.51– 1.18) 0.23 0.89(0.57– 1.40) 0.63
MI 107 0.75(0.47– 1.19) 0.22 0.87(0.53– 1.42) 0.58
Angina 180 0.89(0.63–1.26) 0.51 0.96(0.63–1.32 0.60
Stroke 76 1.09(0.66–1.79) 0.74 1.24(0.73–2.13) 0.42
All-cause mortality 189 0.87(0.62–1.23) 0.43 1.17(0.81 –1.68) 0.40

Multivariable model were adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, BMI, cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, systolic blood pressure, BP medication use, statin use, benzodiazepine use and current alcohol use.

*

Participants reporting snoring >3–5 days/ week compared to those reporting no snoring or snoring < 3–5days/week.