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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 May-Jun;27(3):263–269. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e31821e7ad1

TABLE 3.

Univariate Associations Between Snoring and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factors

CVD Risk Factors Comparisons Snoring (Y vs N)
Odds Ratio 95% CI P
Age ≥60 vs <60 y 1.00 0.62–1.61 .995
Gender Male vs female 1.46 0.89–2.37 .128
Race/ethnicity Asian, black, Hispanic, other vs white 1.21 0.74–1.97 .441
Marital status Single vs married 0.60 0.37–0.98 .039a
Total cholesterol, mg/dL ≥200 vs <200 1.26 0.77–2.06 .349
HDL-C, mg/dL Male <40 or female <50 vs male ≥40 or female ≥50 1.87 1.09–3.23 .023a
LDL-C, mg/dL ≥100 vs <100 0.99 0.59–1.66 .975
Blood pressure, mm Hg Systolic ≥120 or diastolic ≥80 vs systolic <120 and diastolic <80 1.08 0.59–1.98 .813
Waist circumference, in Male >40 or female >35 vs male ≤40 or female ≤35 1.27 0.78 .060
Glucose, mg/dL ≥100 vs <100 1.32 0.82–2.15 .257
BMI, kg/m2 ≥25 vs <25 1.96 1.14–3.36 .014a
Triglycerides, mg/dL ≥150 vs <150 1.39 0.85–2.28 .195
Metabolic syndrome Y vs N 1.48 0.90–2.44 .121
Depression Y vs N 1.19 0.47–3.00 .717
Stress at work Y vs N 1.78 1.00–3.16 .048a
Stress at home Y vs N 1.86 1.06–3.28 .030a
Financial stress Y vs N 2.14 0.94–4.87 .065
Exercise <30 vs ≥30 min/d 2.47 1.51–4.02 <.001a
Fruits and vegetables <5 vs ≥5 servings per day 1.79 1.01–3.17 .046a
Television ≥2 vs <2 h 1.02 0.63–1.66 .937
Eating fast-food ≥2 vs <2 times a week 0.95 0.46–1.97 .896
Eating outside the home ≥2 vs <2 times a week 1.31 0.81–2.14 .276

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; N, no; Y, yes.

a

P < .05.

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