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. 2021 Dec 28;13(12):e20770. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20770

Table 2. Association of OSA and outcomes in patients with AF.

*Length of stay among those who survived till hospital discharge.

aOR: adjusted odds ratio; AF: atrial fibrillation; CI: confidence interval; OSA: obstructive sleep apnea

  OSA Non-OSA aOR (95% CI) P-value
Inpatient mortality (%) 0.54 0.51 1.06 (0.82-1.35) 0.65
Acute kidney injury (%) 12.3 12.5 0.98 (0.92-1.03) 0.38
Acute stroke (%) 0.35 0.40 0.75 (0.59-1.02) 0.072
Mean length of stay* (days) 3.4 3.43   0.67
Cardiac arrest (%) 0.38 0.31 1.20 (0.88-1.63) 0.24
GI bleed (%) 1 1.10 0.563 (0.79-1.13) 0.24
Need for blood transfusion (%) 0.80 1 0.83 (0.68-0.98) 0.04