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. 2021 Jun 1;17(6):1249–1255. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9176

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries ages ≥ 65 years and diagnosed with OSA 2009–2013 who received ≥ 1 CPAP fills by CV event status (n = 5,757).

CV Event No CV Event P*
Age, y, mean (SD) 73.0 (5.9) 71.7 (5.3) .001
Sex, n (%) .08
 Female 202 (50) 2,519 (46)
 Male 205 (50) 2,932 (55)
Race, n (%) .14
 White, non-Hispanic 351 (86) 4,784 (89)
 Black, non-Hispanic 32 (8) 350 (6)
 Other 24 (6) 272 (5)
Medicaid eligibility, n (%) 77 (19) 745 (14) .006
OREC, n (%) .13
 Age 357 (88) 4,819 (90)
 Other 50 (12) 531 (10)
Comorbidities, n (%)
 ADRD 35 (9) 260 (5) .001
 Anemia 209 (51) 2,186 (41) < .001
 Atrial fibrillation 101 (25) 899 (17) < .001
 Cataracts 289 (71) 3,218 (60) < .001
 Chronic kidney disease 115 (28) 940 (18) < .001
 COPD 129 (32) 1,286 (24) < .001
 Depression 101 (25) 1,154 (22) .13
 Diabetes 196 (48) 2,185 (41) .004
 Gout 15 (4) 148 (3) .28
 Heart failure 180 (44) 1,400 (26) < .001
 Hyperlipidemia 362 (89) 4,413 (82) < .001
 Hypertension 384 (94) 4,578 (86) < .001
 Ischemic heart disease 267 (66) 2,787 (52) < .001
 Obesity 46 (11) 519 (10) .30
 Osteoporosis 101 (25) 1,114 (21) .06
 Rheumatoid arthritis 240 (59) 2,761 (52) .004

*P value from chi-square goodness-of-fit test or Student t test. ADRD = Alzheimer disease and related dementias, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure, CV = cerebrovascular, OREC = original reason for entitlement, OSA = obstructive sleep apnea, SD = standard deviation.