Table 2.

Bivariate associations between AHI and chronic disease count and physical, social, quality of life and sleep questionnaire

	AHI		CD Count
	R*	p value	R*	p value
Multimorbidity
Multimorbidity status	0.22	p ⩽ 0.001	NA	NA
CD count	0.26	p ⩽ 0.001	NA	NA
Physical characteristics
Neck circumference	0.27	p ⩽ 0.001	0.37	p ⩽ 0.001
Age	0.20	p ⩽ 0.001	0.21	p ⩽ 0.001
Social characteristics
Work status	0.18	p ⩽ 0.001	0.14	p ⩽ 0.001
Smoking status	0.08	p ⩽ 0.05	0.07	p ⩽ 0.05
Marital status	0.02	ns	0.07	NS
Physical activity	−0.01	ns	0.02	NS
Education	−0.06	ns	−0.11	p ⩽ 0.05
Income status	−0.11	p ⩽ 0.005	−0.13	p ⩽ 0.001
Quality of life (SF−36)
General health status (SF1:1–5)	−0.12	p ⩽ 0.001	−0.25	p ⩽ 0.001
Physical component summary (PCS)	−0.10	p ⩽ 0.005	−0.24	p ⩽ 0.001
Mental component summary (MCS)	−0.04	NS	−0.19	p ⩽ 0.001

*Spearman correlation coefficient.