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. 2017 Nov 6;5(11):e169. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8238

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).