TABLE 4.
Associations of apnoea with the abdominal fat depots within males, females and our matched in body mass index (BMI) subgroup of females after controlling for age
| Males | Females | Females (matched group) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | B | p-value | β | B | p-value | β | B | p-value | |
| Total visceral fat | 0.46 | 11.37 | <0.01 | 0.46 | 9.12 | <0.01 | 0.34 | 7.21 | 0.05 |
| Total subcutaneous fat | −0.05 | −1.29 | 0.76 | 0.45 | 8.84 | <0.01 | 0.35 | 7.33 | 0.05 |
| Total fat | 0.21 | 6.05 | 0.18 | 0.51 | 10.04 | <0.01 | 0.49 | 10.38 | 0.007 |
| BMI | 0.17 | 4.55 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 8.50 | <0.01 | 0.33 | 6.82 | 0.07 |