. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Sep 15;24(11):2392–2398. doi: 10.1002/oby.21623

Table 5.

Correlation between physical exam findings and obstructive apnea- hypopnea index (oAHI) and oxygen saturation nadir

	oAHI		Saturation Nadir

	Spearman rho	P value	Spearman rho	P value

Neck circumference	0.17	0.27	−0.10	0.50
Umbilical waist circumference	0.23	0.13	−0.20	0.21
Iliac waist circumference	0.22	0.14	−0.11	0.49
Sagittal abdominal diameter	0.34	0.027	−0.34	0.027
Body-mass index	0.21	0.17	−0.25	0.11

oAHI= obstructive apnea hypopnea index, bold font= result is statistically significant.