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. 2022 Nov 20;46(1):92–99. doi: 10.1002/clc.23941

Table 3.

Prevalence of diseases according to OSA clinical subtypes with CMD risk

Prevalent disease (%) ES (very high‐risk) N = 352 ModSwDS (high‐risk) N = 182 ModS (medium‐risk) N = 826 MinS (low‐risk) N = 123 p Value
Type 2 diabetes, N 87 (24.7) 45 (24.7) 112 (13.6) 15 (12.2) <.001a , b , c , d
Hyperlipidemia, N 188 (53.4) 82 (45.1) 348 (42.1) 37 (30.1) <.001a , b , c , e
Hypertension, N 213 (61.5) 106 (58.2) 431 (52.2) 57 (46.3) =.010 c , a , b
CHD, N 88 (25.0) 39 (21.4) 112 (13.6) 13 (10.6) <.001d , c , a , b
HF, N 13 (3.7) 22 (12.1) 35 (4.2) 10 (8.1) <.001f , d , b
Asthma, N 12 (3.4) 13 (7.1) 23 (2.8) 8 (6.5) =.014d , e
COPD, N 17 (4.8) 21 (11.5) 35 (4.2) 8 (6.5) <.001f , d
RE, N 56 (15.9) 30 (16.5) 84 (10.2) 12 (9.8) =.010d , a
Rhinosinusitis, N 134 (38.1) 36 (19.8) 234 (28.3) 23 (18.7) <.001f , d , a , b , e
Pharyngitis, N 152 (43.2) 54 (29.7) 268 (31.8) 25 (20.3) <.001f , a , b , e
Anxiety, N 10 (2.8) 17 (9.3) 16 (1.9) 4 (3.3) <.001d , c , f
Stroke, N 28 (8.0) 25 (13.7) 65 (7.9) 10 (8.1) =.076
Arrhythmia, N 32 (9.1) 25 (13.7) 62 (7.5) 9 (7.3) >.05
Hypothyroidism, N 12 (3.4) 3 (1.6) 14 (1.7) 1 (0.8) >.05
Depression, N 4 (1.1) 1 (0.5) 7 (0.8) 3 (2.4) >.05

Note: p Value from χ 2 test comparing variable across subtypes. The data is presented in positive form unless otherwise specified. Significant differences in pairwise comparisons (p < .05).

Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; CMD, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ES, excessively sleepy; HF, heart failure; MinS, minimally symptomatic; ModS, moderately sleepy; ModSwDS, moderately sleepy with disturbed sleepy; N, sample size; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; RE, reflux esophagitis.

a

ES vs. ModS.

b

ES vs. MinS.

c

ModSwDS vs. MinS.

d

ModSwDS vs. ModS.

e

ModS vs. MinS.

f

ES vs. ModSwDS.