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. 2020 Dec 15;16(12):2037–2046. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8752

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis for positional obstructive sleep apnea and exclusive positional obstructive sleep apnea.

POSA e-POSA
OR (95%CI) P value OR (95%CI) P value
Time in supine position (1 SD) 1.20 (1.13–1.28) < .0001 1.91 (1.72–2.13) < .0001
Age (1 SD) 0.85 (0.79–0.92) < .0001 0.89 (0.79–1.00) .0434
Sex (male) 1.45 (1.25–1.68) < .0001 1.66 (1.33–2.07) < .0001
Body mass index (1 SD) 0.61 (0.57–0.67) < .0001 0.57 (0.51–0.65) < .0001
QD2A depression score (1 SD) 0.96 (0.89–1.03) .2406 0.94 (0.83–1.05) .2768
SF36 PCS (1 SD) 1.01 (0.93–1.08) .8708 1.02 (0.91–1.15) .6939
Apnea-hypopnea index (1 SD) 0.47 (0.44–0.51) < .0001 0.12 (0.09–0.14) < .0001
Hypertension 0.97 (0.83–1.13) .6802 1.06 (0.83–1.35) .6334
Diabetes 0.90 (0.74–1.10) .3123 0.80 (0.92–1.19) .2291
Cardiovascular disease 0.84 (0.70–1.01) .0682 0.80 (0.59–1.09) .1587
PSG vs HSAT 1.28 (1.11–1.47) .0006 1.24 (1.00–1.53) .0537

CI = confidence interval, e-POSA = exclusive positional obstructive sleep apnea, HSAT = home sleep apnea testing, NPOSA = nonpositional obstructive sleep apnea, OR = odds ratio, PCS = physical composite score, POSA = positional obstructive sleep apnea, PSG = polysomnography, SD = standard deviation.