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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2018 May 21;48:172–179. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.05.005

Table 1a.

Baseline characteristics by sleep disordered breathing (N =1173): The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2010–2013)

All No SDB (AHI < 15) Moderate or Severe SDB (AHI ≥ 15) P value
N 1173 809 364
Mean (SD)
Median [IQR]
Mean (SD)
Median [IQR]
Range Mean (SD)
Median [IQR]
Range
AHI (/hour) 13.8 (16.1)
7.9 [2.9–18.0]
5.4 (4.2)
4.5 [1.9–8.5]
0.0–14.96 32.5(17.1)
26.9 [19.4–40.8]
15.1–102.9
RRD (msec) 119.6 (16.1) 120.2 (15.9) 75.2–187.0 118.1 (16.8) 75.4–189.5 0.02
RR distance (cm) 65.3 (3.7) 65.0 (3.7) 54–77.1 65.9 (3.6) 56.6–77.3 <.0001
Age (years) 67.8 (8.8) 67.3 (8.8) 54.0–92.0 68.8 (8.8) 54.0–93.0 0.0008
BMI (kg/m2) 27.4 (4.9) 26.2 (4.7) 16.8–47.5 29.1 (5.0) 16.3–49.8 <.0001
MAP (mm Hg) 95.4 (11.9) 94.5(11.7) 67.0–138.0 97.3 (12.1) 64.3–139.0 0.0002
LVEF (%) 62.0 (7.2) 62.3 (6.8) 37.3–82.4 61.3 (8.0) 30.9–82.6 0.02
LVEDV (ml) 119.3 (31.6) 116.4 (29.6) 37.4–288.8 125.8(34.8) 55.5–310.2 <.0001
N (%)
Male 523 (44.6) 298 (36.8) 225 (61.8) <.0001
Race 0.03
 White 439 (37.4) 322 (39.8) 117 (32.1)
 Chinese 159 (13.6) 99 (12.2) 60 (16.5)
 Black 310 (26.4) 215 (26.6) 95 (26.1)
 Hispanic 265 (22.6) 173 (21.4) 92 (25.3)
Smoking (Current) 78 (6.7) 58 (7.2) 20 (5.5) 0.5
Hypertension 625 (53.3) 417(51.6) 208 (57.1) 0.08
Diabetes 185 (15.9) 106 (13.2) 79 (21.8) 0.0002

SDB, sleep disordered breathing; AHI, apnea hypopnea index; BMI, body mass index; MAP, mean arterial pressure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDV, left ventricular end diastolic volume; RRD, ECG R-wave to Radial Artery Pulse Delay (unit: msec); RR distance, radial pulse transit path distance. P value is based on independent t test and Chi-square test for continuous and categorical variables respectively.