Table 5.
Statistically significant Spearman correlation between formant frequencies and clinical variables on the male (n=241) population (for clarity, nonsignificant correlation values are omitted).
| Feature | Apnea-hypopnea index | Weight | Height | Age | Body mass index | Cervical perimeter | |
| Vowel /a/ | |||||||
| Formant, F1 | −.14a | ||||||
| F2 | −.13a | −.13a | |||||
| Bandwidth, BW1 | −.21b | ||||||
| BW2 | .13a | ||||||
| Vowel /e/ | |||||||
| F1 | −.12a | −.12 | −.17b | ||||
| F2 | −.15a | −.20b | −.16a | ||||
| F3 | −.21b | ||||||
| BW1 | −.17b | −.17b | |||||
| BW2 | −.16a | ||||||
| BW3 | −.17b | −.14a | −.13a | ||||
| Vowel /i/ | |||||||
| F1 | −.15a | .16a | |||||
| F2 | −.21b | ||||||
| F3 | −.20b | ||||||
| BW1 | −.13a | ||||||
| BW3 | −.15a | −.14a | |||||
| Vowel /o/ | |||||||
| F1 | −.13a | ||||||
| F2 | −.27b | ||||||
| F3 | −.17b | ||||||
| BW1 | −.13a | ||||||
| BW2 | −.16a | .15a | −.14a | ||||
| Vowel /u/ | |||||||
| F1 | −.14a | ||||||
| F2 | −.24b | ||||||
| F3 | −.14a | −.20b | |||||
aCorrelation is significant at the .05 level (two-tailed).
bCorrelation is significant at the .01 level (two-tailed).