. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2018 Sep 8;128(11):2644–2650. doi: 10.1002/lary.27265

Table 3.

Association between age and complete collapse pattern in different sites

Site	Pattern	OR unadjusted	P value	OR adjusted	P value
Velum	AP	1.05(1.03–1.07)	0.000	1.04(1.02–1.07)	0.001
	L	0.95(0.90–1.01)	0.108	0.90(0.80–1.01)	0.061
	C	1.00(0.98–1.02)	0.999	1.01(0.98–1.03)	0.634
Oropharynx	L	0.99(0.97–1.01)	0.265	0.99(0.97–1.02)	0.581
Tongue Base	AP	1.02(1.00–1.04)	0.037	1.01(0.99–1.03)	0.352
Epiglottis	AP	1.01(0.98–1.03)	0.630	1.01(0.98–1.03)	0.682
	L	1.01(0.99–1.03)	0.789	1.00(0.99–1.02)	0.999

AP, anterior-posterior; L, lateral; C, concentric. OR adjusted for sex, body mass index, tonsil size and modified Mallampati. Statistically significant as P < 0.05.