Skip to main content
. 2018 Sep 21;2-3:59–65. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2018.09.002

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with different OSA clinical phenotypes.

All patients
(n = 2649)
CeVD + DM
(n = 242)
CAD + DM
(n = 396)
CeVD
(n = 972)
CAD
(n = 1039)
P value
Older age (≥ 65) 1332 (50) 89 (37) 147 (37) 315 (32) 374 (36) 0.218
Male 2144 (81) 181 (75) 326(82) 741 (76) 896 (86) < 0.001
Asian 1673 (63) 181 (75) 139 (35) 832 (86) 521 (50) < 0.001
Current smokera 404 (15) 37 (15) 42 (11) 189 (19) 136 (13) < 0.001
Frequent alcohol consumptionb 676 (26) 42 (17) 92 (23) 200 (21) 342 (33) < 0.001
Body mass index, > 30 kg/m2 843 (32) 73 (30) 187 (47) 232 (24) 351 (34) < 0.001
Systolic BP, > 140 mm Hg 733 (28) 91 (38) 119 (30) 277 (29) 246 (24) < 0.001
AHI, ≥ 30 events/h 1079 (41) 95 (39) 132 (33) 488 (50) 364 (35) < 0.001
ST90 ≥ 9.5 minc 1317 (50) 110 (45) 215 (54) 480 (49) 512 (49) 0.158
ESS score > 10 544 (21) 52 (21) 94 (24) 168 (17) 230 (22) 0.014
Cerebrovascular disease 1306 (49) 242 (100) 29 (7) 972 (100) 63 (6) < 0.001
Coronary artery disease 1451 (55) 0 (0) 396 (100) 16 (2) 1039 (100) < 0.001
Revascularisation 1146 (43) 8 (3) 336 (85) 10 (1) 792 (76) < 0.001
Hypertension 2079 (78) 209 (86) 333 (84) 724 (74) 813 (78) < 0.001
Diabetes mellitus 788 (30) 241 (100) 394 (99) 65 (7) 88 (8) < 0.001
Medications
Antihypertensive 2069 (78) 189 (78) 374 (94) 594 (61) 912 (88) < 0.001
Statin or other lipid lowering 1550 (59) 115 (48) 333 (84) 296 (30) 806 (78) < 0.001
Antidiabetic 638 (24) 242 (100) 396 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) < 0.001
Antithrombotic 1997 (75) 173 (71) 374 (94) 534 (55) 916 (88) < 0.001

Data are n (%) for categorical variables. AHI indicates apnoea-hypopnea index; BP, blood pressure; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; CAD, coronary artery disease; CeVD, cerebrovascular disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

a

Smoking cigarettes at least some days during the week.

b

Drinking alcohol once a week or more.

c

Sleep time with oxygen saturation level below 90%.