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. 2018 May 9;8(5):e019098. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019098

Table 5.

Distribution of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) risk (low, medium and high) among sociodemographics, body weight categories and the habit of napping regularly (mean and SD)

N OSA risk (Berlin Questionnaire)
Low (%) OR (95% CI) Medium (%) OR (95% CI) High (%) OR (95% CI)
All participants 2622 1069 (40.8) 1314 (50.1) 239 (9.1)
Sex
 Women 1309 575 (43.9) Ref 629 (48.1) Ref 105 (8.0) Ref
 Men 1313 494 (37.6) 0.8 (0.7 to 0.9)* 685 (52.2) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4)* 134 (10.2) 1.3 (0.9 to 1.7)
Activity
 Producer 1520 584 (38.4) Ref 788 (51.8) Ref 148 (9.7) Ref
 Shopkeeper 1102 485 (44.0) 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) 526 (47.7) 0.9 (0.7 to 1.0) 91 (8.5) 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)
Status
 Employer 262 75 (28.6) Ref 142 (54.2) Ref 45 (0.17) Ref
 Employee 2360 994 (42.1) 1.8 (1.4 to 2.4)* 1172 (49.7) 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) 194 (0.82) 0.4 (0.3 to 0.6)
Work start
 Before 07:00 1397 542 (38.8) Ref 717 (51.3) Ref 138 (9.9) Ref
 After 07:00 1225 527 (43.0) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4)* 597 (48.7) 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) 101 (8.2) 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)
Body weight (kg)
 <70 1306 677 (51.8) Ref 584 (44.7) Ref 45 (3.4) Ref
 70–79 622 253 (40.7) 0.6 (0.5 to 0.8)* 331 (53.2) 1.4 (1.2 to 1.7)* 38 (6.2) 1.8 (1.2 to 2.8)*
 80–89 376 107 (28.4) 0.4 (0.3 to 0.5)* 219 (58.2) 1.7 (1.4 to 2.2)* 50 (23.3) 4.3 (2.8 to 6.6)*
 90–99 205 31 (15.2) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)* 111 (54.1) 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0) 63 (30.7) 12.4 (8.2 to 18.9)*
 >100 113 1 (0.8) 69 (61.0) 2.0 (1.3 to 2.9)* 43 (38.6) 17.2 (10.6 to 27.9)*
Nap
 Yes 1474 634 (43.1) Ref 727 (49.3) Ref 113 (7.6) Ref
 No 1148 435 (37.9) 0.8 (0.7 to 0.9) 587 (51.1) 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) 126 (10.9) 1.5 (1.1 to 1.9)*

Sleep apnoea risk was assessed subjectively via the Berlin Questionnaire.16

*Difference vs ref.

Ref, reference.