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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Med. 2017 Dec 1;9:1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.obmed.2017.11.001

Table 2.

Berlin Questionnaire comparisons by glucose tolerance group (N=899)

Berlin Questionnaire Normal glucose
tolerance (n=375)
Prediabetes
(n=295)
Diabetes
(n=229)
Statistic
(p value)
Category 1: Sleep Disordered Breathing n (%) n (%) n (%)

  Habitual Snoring: No 118 (32%) 89 (30%) 60 (26%) X2[4]=8.8 (.07)
Don’t know 65 (17%) 32 (11%) 40 (17%)
Yes 192 (51%) 174 (59%) 129 (56%)

Positive Category 1 143 (38%) 126 (43%) 104 (45%) X2[2]=3.4 (.19)

Category 2: Excessive Sleepiness

Positive Category 2 55 (15%) 32 (11%) 22 (10%) X2[2]=4.0 (.13)

Category 3: Clinical Comorbidities

BMI>27.5 kg/m2 86 (23%) 97 (33%) 86 (38%) X2[2]>15 (<.001)

BMI>30.0 kg/m2 30 (8%) 44 (15%) 45 (20%) X2[2]>15 (<.001)

HTN (>140/90 mmHg) 71 (19%) 100 (34%) 120 (52%) X2[2]>15 (<.001)

HTN or BMI >27.5 kg/m2 140 (37%) 157 (53%) 159 (69%) X2[2]>15 (<.001)

Positive Category 3 X2[2]>15 (<.001)
HTN or BMI >30 kg/m2 94 (25%) 122 (41%) 139 (61%)

High Risk for OSA (positive 2 or 3 categories)
if HTN or BMI >30.0 68 (18%) 71 (24%) 73 (32%) X2[2]>15 (<.001)
if HTN or BMI >27.5 87 (23%) 87 (29%) 80 (35%) X2[2]=10 (.007)

Note: HTN = hypertension