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. 2023 Mar 6;23:427. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15358-8

Table 3.

Association between sleep apnea and depressive symptoms in multiple logistic regression analyses model

Sleep apnea n.total Crude model Model I Mode II
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
No 7853 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
Yes 1964 2.26 (1.93 ~ 2.64)  < 0.001 2.20 (1.78 ~ 2.71)  < 0.001 2.36 (1.71 ~ 3.25)  < 0.001
Severity of sleep apnea
Rarely 828 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
Occasionally 592 1.72 (1.25 ~ 2.38) 0.001 1.74 (1.14 ~ 2.67) 0.01 1.91 (1.00 ~ 3.64) 0.05
Frequently 544 2.11 (1.53 ~ 2.90)  < 0.001 2.12 (1.38 ~ 3.26) 0.001 2.03 (1.04 ~ 3.97) 0.039
P-value for trend  < 0.001 0.001 0.034

Crude model: No other covariates were adjusted

Model I: adjusted for age, sex, race, body mass index, sleep duration, smoking, and drinking

Model II: adjusted for Model I plus high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval; Rarely, the frequency of snoring, gasping or stopping breathing while sleeping during the past year was 1 to 2 nights per week; Occasionally, the frequency of snoring, gasping or stopping breathing while sleeping during the past year was 3 to 4 nights per week; Frequently, the frequency of snoring, gasping or stopping breathing while sleeping during the past year was 5 or more nights per week