Table 2.
Effect of several determinations in AHI values.
| JOINT ANALYSIS | SPANISH POPULATION | FRAMINGHAM POPULATION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA | p | BETA | p | BETA | p | |
| WC | 0.511 (0.349) | 1.76 E-46 (4.38 E-18) | 0.282 (0.272) | 2.93 E-8 | 0.410 (0.410) | 8.39 E-14 (9.21 E-14) |
| Antihypertensive medication use | 0.423 (0.210) | 4.14 E-34 (3.75 E-8) | -0.044 | 0.383 | 0.177 | 0.001 |
| BMI | 0.405 | 3.36 E-31 | 0.147 | 0.004 | 0.351 | 4.45 E-12 |
| MetS (ATPIII definition) | 0.331 | 2.41 E-20 | 0.083 | 0.105 | 0.222 | 2.40 E-5 |
| Oral antidiabetic drugs | 0.274 (0.088) | 1.68 E-14 (0.013) | 0.086 | 0.090 | 0.080 | 0.123 |
| Fasting glucose | 0.249 | 4.94 E-12 | 0.108 | 0.036 | 0.162 | 0.002 |
| Tobacco use | 0.245 | 8.48 E-12 | 0.077 | 0.129 | -0.080 | 0.128 |
| Lipid lowering medication use | 0.212 | 4.03 E-9 | 0.004 | 0.938 | 0.111 | 0.034 |
| Sex | -0.209 (-0.131) | 7.24 E-9 (7.67 E-5) | -0.177 (-0.211) | 4.56 E-4 (2.45 E-5) | -0.254 | 8.12 E-7 |
| SBP | 0.204 | 1.69 E-8 | -0.035 | 0.500 | 0.115 | 0.028 |
| TGs | 0.172 | 2.25 E-6 | 0.088 | 0.084 | 0.154 | 0.003 |
| DBP | 0.124 | 0.001 | -0.137 | 0.007 | 0.104 | 0.046 |
| Alcohol consumption | -0.082 | 0.025 | 0.074 | 0.152 | 0.073 | 0.164 |
| HDL-c | -0.081 | 0.028 | -0.110 | 0.032 | -0.177 | 0.001 |
| Age | 0.075 | 0.039 | 0.161 (0.147) | 0.001 (0.003) | 0.112 | 0.032 |
| Cholesterol | 0.053 | 0.148 | -0.034 | 0.501 | 0.078 | 0.136 |
| LDL-c | 0.012 | 0.740 | -0.049 | 0.348 | 0.076 | 0.145 |
The numbers in brackets are the results of the stepwise regression analysis (only those with a p value < 0.05 are shown). BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; GLC, basal glucose; TGs, triglycerides; CHOL, total cholesterol; HDL-c, HDL cholesterol; LDL-c, LDL-cholesterol; AHI, apnea-hypoapnea index