Table 4.

Prevalence of OSA among patients with arrhythmia including age and sex comparisons

	Prevalence of OSA (AHI ≥5/h)
	Total	Males	Females	P Value
All age groups	85 (N = 100)	91 (n = 70)	70 (n = 30)	0.006a
Age, y
≥60	92 (n = 71)	94 (n = 48)	87 (n = 23)	0.3
<60	69 (n = 29)	86 (n = 22)	14 (n = 7)	0.000a
40–59	71 (n = 21)	88 (n = 16)	20 (n = 5)	0.004a
≥40	87 (n = 92)	92 (n = 64)	75 (n = 28)	0.02a
<40	63 (n = 8)	83 (n = 6)	0 (n = 2)	0.03a

Abbreviations: AHI, apnea‐hypopnea index; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea.

Data are presented as % of total. The χ² test was used to compare proportions of categorical variables.

^aDenotes significance.