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. 2019 Jul 22;58(22):3227–3234. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3005-19

Table 3.

Independent Explanatory Variables for OSAS Severity Indices.

apnea/hypopnea hypoxia
apnea index hypopnea index apnea-hypopnea index arousal index 3% oxygen desaturation index % SpO2<90%
(events/hour) (events/hour) (events/hour) (events/hour) (events/hour) (% of total sleep time)
β t p β t p β t p β t p β t p β t p
Model 1 burst rate (bursts/minute) 0.311 2.484 0.016 0.170 1.290 0.202 0.431 3.629 0.001 -0.184 -1.376 0.175 0.472 3.923 <0.001 0.401 3.386 0.001
burst incidence (bursts/100 heartbeats) 0.338 2.607 0.012 0.059 0.425 0.673 0.403 3.188 0.002 -0.197 -1.416 0.163 0.470 3.718 <0.001 0.372 2.960 0.005
fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) 0.055 0.415 0.680 0.479 3.925 <0.001 0.337 2.734 0.008 -0.132 -0.998 0.322 0.223 1.697 0.095 0.207 1.607 0.113
HbA1c (%) 0.205 1.748 0.085 0.024 0.196 0.845 0.239 2.101 0.039 -0.037 -0.302 0.763 0.063 0.518 0.606 0.112 0.947 0.347
HOMA-beta 0.103 0.736 0.465 0.000 0.001 0.999 0.117 0.875 0.385 -0.011 -0.080 0.936 0.201 1.477 0.146 0.441 3.584 0.001
insulinogenic index 0.061 0.446 0.657 0.187 1.373 0.176 0.161 1.250 0.217 -0.003 -0.023 0.982 0.136 1.015 0.315 0.302 2.380 0.021
HOMA-IR 0.098 0.715 0.478 0.190 1.374 0.175 0.205 1.585 0.119 -0.116 -0.829 0.411 0.199 1.486 0.143 0.393 3.170 0.003
QUICKI -0.041 -0.301 0.765 -0.095 -0.682 0.498 -0.094 -0.715 0.478 0.009 0.061 0.951 -0.084 -0.615 0.541 -0.263 -2.024 0.048
Matsuda index 0.255 1.865 0.068 -0.310 -2.245 0.029 0.139 1.032 0.307 0.166 1.175 0.245 0.209 1.516 0.136 0.019 0.138 0.890
hepatic insulin resistance index 0.118 0.881 0.382 0.131 0.957 0.343 0.199 1.568 0.123 0.025 0.184 0.854 0.166 1.254 0.216 0.368 2.996 0.004
Model 2 burst rate (bursts/minute) 0.157 1.146 0.258 0.001 0.008 0.994 0.185 1.435 0.158 -0.059 -0.371 0.712 0.261 1.922 0.061 0.138 1.343 0.186
burst incidence (bursts/100 heartbeats) 0.210 1.492 0.143 -0.075 -0.487 0.629 0.213 1.603 0.116 -0.021 -0.126 0.900 0.315 2.283 0.027 0.167 1.578 0.122
fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) 0.103 0.711 0.480 0.069 0.451 0.654 0.149 1.175 0.246 -0.160 -1.024 0.311 0.050 0.366 0.716 0.106 0.840 0.405
HbA1c (%) 0.231 1.835 0.072 -0.067 -0.493 0.624 0.232 2.007 <0.050 -0.022 -0.151 0.881 0.050 0.400 0.691 0.024 0.228 0.821
HOMA-beta -0.010 -0.053 0.958 -0.128 -0.688 0.495 -0.073 -0.454 0.652 0.193 0.999 0.323 0.065 0.378 0.707 0.373 2.568 0.014
insulinogenic index -0.005 -0.035 0.972 0.185 1.180 0.245 0.084 0.617 0.541 0.179 1.101 0.277 0.067 0.459 0.648 0.226 1.759 0.086
HOMA-IR 0.059 0.333 0.741 0.063 0.342 0.734 0.095 0.602 0.550 -0.047 -0.245 0.807 0.144 0.856 0.397 0.405 2.876 0.006
QUICKI -0.053 -0.352 0.727 -0.012 -0.076 0.939 -0.064 -0.473 0.639 -0.104 -0.636 0.528 -0.073 -0.507 0.615 -0.226 -1.791 0.081
Matsuda index -0.045 -0.294 0.771 0.010 0.065 0.948 -0.044 -0.321 0.750 -0.085 -0.517 0.608 -0.055 -0.377 0.708 -0.201 -1.556 0.127
hepatic insulin resistance index 0.076 0.490 0.627 0.010 0.065 0.948 0.097 0.696 0.490 0.173 1.039 0.305 0.095 0.639 0.527 0.304 2.386 0.022
Model 3 burst rate (bursts/minute) 0.302 2.431 0.019 0.189 1.409 0.165 0.425 3.679 <0.001 -0.181 -1.314 0.195 0.475 3.855 <0.001 0.402 3.333 0.002
burst incidence (bursts/100 heartbeats) 0.320 2.470 0.017 0.086 0.599 0.552 0.391 3.139 0.003 -0.196 -1.365 0.178 0.461 3.512 <0.001 0.354 2.716 0.009
HOMA-beta 0.089 0.646 0.521 -0.004 -0.026 0.980 0.100 0.765 0.448 -0.006 -0.039 0.969 0.190 1.400 0.168 0.437 3.514 <0.001
insulinogenic index 0.092 0.675 0.502 0.201 1.451 0.153 0.204 1.616 0.112 -0.014 -0.099 0.922 0.168 1.252 0.216 0.326 2.549 0.014
HOMA-IR 0.044 0.305 0.761 0.192 1.306 0.197 0.144 1.072 0.289 -0.105 -0.705 0.484 0.167 1.178 0.244 0.401 3.054 0.004
QUICKI -0.001 -0.006 0.995 -0.088 -0.610 0.545 -0.044 -0.335 0.739 -0.006 -0.043 0.966 -0.053 -0.380 0.706 -0.254 -1.896 0.064
Matsuda index 0.254 1.874 0.067 -0.310 -2.231 0.030 0.137 1.046 0.301 0.166 1.170 0.248 0.207 1.518 0.135 0.019 0.133 0.895
hepatic insulin resistance index 0.124 0.936 0.354 0.133 0.964 0.340 0.207 1.677 0.100 0.023 0.167 0.868 0.172 1.307 0.197 0.371 3.022 0.004
Model 4 fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) 0.037 0.257 0.799 0.597 4.386 <0.001 0.388 3.015 0.004 -0.165 -1.017 0.315 0.256 1.833 0.074 0.149 1.115 0.271
HbA1c (%) 0.280 2.194 0.033 0.051 0.363 0.718 0.330 2.688 0.010 -0.078 -0.547 0.587 0.129 0.994 0.325 0.171 1.332 0.189
HOMA-beta 0.128 0.805 0.426 -0.008 -0.045 0.965 0.141 0.877 0.386 -0.065 -0.361 0.720 0.226 1.410 0.167 0.492 3.753 <0.001
insulinogenic index 0.026 0.175 0.862 0.169 1.054 0.299 0.114 0.774 0.444 0.081 0.495 0.623 0.129 0.867 0.392 0.295 2.223 0.033
HOMA-IR 0.191 1.229 0.227 0.140 0.807 0.425 0.286 1.871 0.069 -0.201 -1.143 0.261 0.246 1.561 0.127 0.474 3.630 0.001
QUICKI -0.217 -1.527 0.135 -0.025 -0.152 0.880 -0.257 -1.816 0.077 0.038 0.230 0.820 -0.211 -1.437 0.159 -0.286 -2.161 0.037
Matsuda index -0.211 -1.474 0.149 -0.058 -0.358 0.723 -0.267 -1.886 0.067 0.013 0.081 0.936 -0.247 -1.714 0.095 -0.305 -2.312 0.027
hepatic insulin resistance index 0.052 0.343 0.733 0.140 0.844 0.404 0.129 0.853 0.399 0.047 0.278 0.782 0.109 0.707 0.484 0.351 2.633 0.012

Model 1, adjusted for age and gender; Model 2, adjusted for age, gender, and BMI; Model 3, adjusted for age, gender, and HbA1c; Model 4, adjusted for age, gender, and burst incidence.

OSAS: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, HOMA-beta: homeostatic model assessment beta cell function, HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, QUICKI: quantitative insulin sensitivity check index