Table 1.

Characteristics of overall participants, of respondents with and without elevated scores suggesting sleep apnea, and of participants who caused accidents compared to those who did not cause accidents.

	Sex	No. of subjects	Age, years	Weight, kg	Height, cm	BMI, kg/m2	SAS	ESS
Overall participants	All	198,422	45 ± 16	80.3 ± 18.4	173 ± 9	26.7 ± 5.4	32.2 ± 8.4	8.9 ± 4.5
	M	124,758	47 ± 15	86.2 ± 16.2	178 ± 7	27.2 ± 4.8	34.3 ± 7.9	8.7 ± 4.4
	F	73,664	42 ± 16	70.3 ± 17.5	165 ± 6	25.7 ± 6.3	28.8 ± 8.1	9.2 ± 4.5
Suspects of sleep apneaa	M	23,502	49 ± 13	93.3 ± 17.4	178 ± 7	29.5 ± 5.2	42.4 ± 4.8	14.2 ± 2.9
	F	12,222	46 ± 14	79.4 ± 19.3	165 ± 7	29.1 ± 7.0	38.2 ± 5.0	14.3 ± 2.9
Healthy participantsb	M	101,256	46 ± 16	84.6 ± 15.4	178 ± 7.0	26.7 ± 4.5	32.4 ± 7.2	7.4 ± 3.7
	F	61,442	42 ± 16	68.5 ± 16.5	165 ± 6	25.1 ± 5.9	26.9 ± 7.3	8.2 ± 4.1
Sleep apnea vs healthyc	M		2.7 (2.5; 2.9)*	8.7 (8.5; 8.9)*	−0.2 (−0.3; −0.1)*	2.8 (2.8; 2.9)*
	F		4.2 (3.9; 4.5)*	10.8 (10.5; 11.2)*	−0.2 (−0.3; −0.1)#	4.0 (3.9; 4.2)*
No accidents	All	191,768	45 ± 16	80.3 ± 18.3	173 ± 9	26.7 ± 5.4	32.1 ± 8.4	8.8 ± 4.4
Accidents	All	6,654	44 ± 16	81.9 ± 19.7	174 ± 9	27.0 ± 6.0	34.7 ± 9.2	12.2 ± 5.2
Accidents vs no accidentsd	All		−1.3 (−1.7; −0.9)*	1.6 (1.3; 2.1)*	0.8 (0.5; 1.0)*	0.3 (0.2; 0.5)*	2.6 (2.4; 2.8)*	3.4 (3.3; 3.5)*

^aSuspects of sleep apnea = male: SAS > 35, ESS > 10, female: SAS > 31, ESS > 10.

^bHealthy participants = male: SAS ≤ 35 or ESS ≤ 10, female: SAS ≤ 31 or ESS ≤ 10.

^cComparison of sleep apnea suspects and healthy controls (difference of means).

^dComparison of groups (no accidents vs accidents) (difference of means).

Values are given as mean ± SD or difference of means (95% CI). M, male; F, female participants; BMI, body mass index; SAS, Sleep Apnea Subscale of the Sleep-Disordered Questionnaire, ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

*p < 0.000, ^#p < 0.01.