Table 2.

Association of telomere length with obstructive sleep apnea categories

	β	−95% Confidence Interval	+95% Confidence Interval	P Value
Unadjusted model (n = 175)				0.002
Mild vs. control	−111.7	−203.6	−19.8	0.020
Moderate to severe vs. mild	183.6	83.2	284.0	<0.001
Moderate to severe vs. control	71.9	5.9	137.9	0.034
Adjusted model 1 (n = 175)				0.005
Mild vs. control	−107.3	−204.0	−10.5	0.031
Moderate to severe vs. mild	184.7	83.9	285.5	<0.001
Moderate to severe vs. control	77.4	4.4	150.4	0.039
Adjusted model 2 (n = 174)				0.046
Mild vs. control	−91.2	−194.1	11.8	0.085
Moderate to severe vs. mild	182.5	78.5	286.2	<0.001
Moderate to severe vs. control	91.4	11.5	171.2	0.026
Adjusted model 3 (n = 174)				0.046
Mild vs. control	−85.9	−189.8	18.0	0.105
Moderate to severe vs. mild	181.9	77.3	286.5	<0.001
Moderate to severe vs. control	96.0	15.4	176.6	0.020

β, β-coefficient. Model 1 was adjusted for age. Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Model 3 was adjusted additionally for depression. P values for comparisons between groups were obtained from the generalized linear model.