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. 2021 Feb 1;17(2):129–140. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8796

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants according to FHD status and SDB severity.

FHD+ FHD−
No SDB (n = 662) Mild SDB (n = 709) MS-SDB (n = 198) P No SDB (n = 2,412) Mild SDB (n = 2,787) MS-SDB (n = 709) P
Females, n (%) 568 (85.8) 451 (63.6) 95 (48.0) <.001 2,051 (85.0) 1,653 (59.3) 243 (34.3) <.001
Age, years 52.1 (10.5) 59.8 (11.0) 64.9 (10.4)†‡ <.001 53.1 (11.3) 60.8 (11.5) 64.8 (10.8) †‡ <.001
Body mass index, kg/m2 20.9 (2.5) 23.1 (3.2) 25.4 (3.7)†‡ <.001 20.9 (2.6) 22.6 (3.1) 24.8 (3.7) †‡ <.001
Waist circumference, cm 77.8 (7.5) 84.6 (8.5) 90.5 (8.9)†‡ <.001 77.6 (7.9) 83.2 (8.8) 89.6 (9.3) †‡ <.001
Pack-years of smoking in current/past smoker* 12.0 [4.8–24.4] 19.5 [7.0–34.0] 22.5 [12.5–40.0] <.001 12.0 [5.0–23.0] 20.0 [10.0–37.0] 22.0 [11.3–37.5] <.001
Alcohol consumption
 Ethanol,* g/d 0.71 [0.00–7.50] 0.89 [0.00–12.21] 0.89 [0.00–13.50] .35 0.36 [0.00–5.34] 1.25 [0.00–6.79] 5.00 [0.00–33.86]†‡ <.001
 Ethanol = 0 g/d, n (%) 304 (45.9) 334 (47.1) 91 (46.0) .044 1,184 (49.1) 1,223 (43.9) 257 (36.2) <.001
 0 g/d < ethanol ≤ 25 g/d, n (%) 287 (43.4) 270 (38.1) 73 (36.9) 1,000 (41.5) 1,048 (37.6) 239 (33.7)
 Ethanol >25 g/d, n (%) 71 (10.7) 105 (14.8) 34 (17.2) 228 (9.5) 516 (18.5) 213 (30.0)
Activity count, /minute 359.0 (95.0) 323.2 (88.1) 295.3 (87.1)†‡ <.001 351.4 (104.9) 325.7 (95.4) 289.4 (87.0)†‡ <.001
Menopausal females, n (%) 268 (47.2) 347 (76.9) 83 (87.4) <.001 1,063 (51.8) 1,335 (80.8) 228 (93.8) <.001
Hypertension, n (%) 519 (78.4) 379 (53.5) 71 (35.9) <.001 514 (21.3) 1,236 (44.3) 499 (70.4) <.001
JESS* 6 [3–9] 6 [3–8] 6 [3–8] .16 6 [3–9] 5 [3–8] 6 [3–8] <.001
Acti-ODI3%,* events/h 3.18 [2.38–3.93] 8.04 [6.20–10.38] 19.95 [17.27–25.56]†‡ <0.001 3.28 [2.45–4.15] 7.91 [6.27–10.36] 20.59 [17.15–26.72]†‡ <0.001
Objective sleep duration, n (%) <0.001
 <5 hours 93 (14.0) 87 (12.3) 34 (17.2) 0.44 317 (13.1) 368 (13.2) 149 (21.0)
 5–7 hours 480 (72.5) 521 (73.5) 141 (71.2) 1,753 (72.7) 2,023 (72.6) 477 (67.3)
 ≥7 hours 89 (13.4) 101 (14.2) 23 (11.6) 342 (14.2) 396 (14.2) 83 (11.7)
Current medication for diabetes, n (%)
 Antihyperglycemic agents 17 (2.4) 78 (11.0) 39 (19.7) <0.001 25 (1.0) 115 (4.1) 50 (7.1) <0.001
 Insulin use 0 (0.0) 5 (0.7) 9 (4.5) <0.001 1 (0.0) 8 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0.042
Random plasma glucose, mg/dL 85.2 (11.4) 91.7 (16.9) 97.9 (16.9)†‡ <0.001 83.7 (8.4) 88.4 (12.7) 93.1 (17.2)†‡ <0.001
HbA1c, % 5.46 (0.44) 5.73 (0.60) 5.95 (0.60)†‡ <0.001 5.42 (0.35) 5.58 (0.47) 5.73 (0.58)†‡ <0.001
Diabetes, n (%)
 All 22 (3.3) 98 (13.8) 58 (29.3) <0.001 40 (1.7) 168 (6.0) 83 (11.7) <0.001
 Females 11 (1.9) 46 (10.2) 31 (32.6) <0.001 25 (1.2) 73 (4.4) 25 (10.3) <0.001
 Males 11 (11.7) 52 (20.2) 27 (26.2) 0.037 15 (4.2) 95 (8.4) 58 (12.4) <0.001

Data are expressed as mean (SD), median [interquartile range], or n (%). Diabetes was considered according to HbA1c ≥6.5% and/or current medication for diabetes. FHD+ was defined as having first-degree relative(s) with diabetes. SDB was classified by Acti-ODI3% as follows: no SDB, <5 events/h; mild SDB, 5 to <15 events/h; MS-SDB, ≥15 events/h. Acti-ODI3% = 3% oxygen desaturation index modified by sleep duration derived from actigraphy; FHD = family history of diabetes; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; JESS = Japanese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale; MS = moderate to severe; SDB = sleep-disordered breathing. *Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare differences between groups; analysis of variance was used otherwise. P < 0.05 vs No SDB, P < 0.05 vs Mild SDB.