Table 2.
The association between obstructive sleep apnea and patient characteristics
| Parameter | OSAS |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low risk, n (%/SD) | High risk, n (%/SD) | ||
| Education | |||
| Primary | 9 (42.9) | 12 (57.1) | 0.131 |
| Secondary | 45 (45.5) | 54 (54.5) | |
| Tertiary | 78 (50.0) | 78 (50.0) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 141 (51.6) | 132 (48.4) | 0.63 |
| Widowed | 21 (41.2) | 30 (58.8) | |
| Divorced/separated | 3 (100.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | |
| Occupation | |||
| Unemployed | 21 (53.8) | 18 (46.2) | 0.21 |
| Retired | 45 (57.7) | 33 (42.3) | |
| Unskilled | 36 (54.5) | 30 (45.5) | |
| Semi-skilled | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) | |
| Public servants | 48 (43.2) | 63 (56.8) | |
| Business/politician | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) | |
| Alcohol | 24 (40.0) | 36 (60.0) | 0.08 |
| Hypertension | 72 (35.8) | 129 (64.2) | <0.001 |
| Truncal obesity | 78 (43.3) | 102 (56.7) | 0.004 |
| Obesity | 39 (36.1) | 69 (63.9) | <0.001 |
| Poor BP control | 81 (42.2) | 111 (57.8) | <0.001 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 84 (56.0) | 66 (44.0) | 0.065 |
| Female | 81 (45.8) | 96 (54.2) | |
| Age (years) | 57.2 (10.1) | 55.1 (8.2) | 0.039 |
| Duration of DM (years) | 8.0 (4.5) | 8.52 (5.8) | 0.374 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.59 (3.5) | 28.97 (4.3) | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 93.7 (9.1) | 97.5 (9.6) | 0.001 |
| Neck circumference (cm) | 36.17 (2.7) | 37.05 (3.7) | 0.016 |
OSAS – Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; BP – Blood pressure; BMI – Body mass index; DM – Diabetes mellitus; SD – Standard deviation