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Table 1 Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea analyzed with various risk factors

From: Prospective study of the prevalence and co-morbidities of obstructive sleep apnea in active-duty army personnel in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand using questionnaire screening

Item

n

%

OSA (n(%))

P value

Snoring (n(%))

P value

Gender

   

0.382a

 

0.453

 Male

1036

93.6

48 (4.7)

 

497 (48.9)

 

 Female

71

6.4

5 (7.0)

 

31 (44.3)

 

Age (year)

   

0.009a

 

0.001

  < 30

812

74.1

34 (4.2)

 

366 (45.7)

 

 30–39

202

18.4

9 (4.5)

 

110 (55.6)

 

 40–49

45

4.1

4 (9.5)

 

28 (70.0)

 

  > 50

37

3.4

6 (16.7)

 

23 (63.9)

 

BMI(kg/m2)

   

0.05

 

<  0.001

  < 25

865

79.5

34 (3.96)

 

376 (44.34)

 

 25–30

187

17.2

14 (7.53)

 

119 (65.03)

 

 30

36

3.3

5 (13.89)

 

27 (75.00)

 

Rank

   

0.058a

 

0.074

 Private

596

53.8

24 (4)

 

280 (47.7)

 

 NCOs

408

36.8

19 (4.7)

 

204 (50.5)

 

 COs

25

2.3

3 (12.0)

 

17 (68.0)

 

Hypertension

   

0.008a

 

0.002

 Negative

1056

98.2

44 (4.2)

 

496 (47.7)

 

 Positive

19

1.8

4 (21.1)

 

16 (84.2)

 

Diabetes

   

1.000a

 

0.500†

 Negative

1074

99.8

48 (4.5)

 

512 (48.4)

 

 Positive

2

0.2

 

 

Dyslipidemia

   

< 0.001a

 

< 0.001

 Negative

1042

96.9

41 (3.9)

 

486 (47.4)

 

 Positive

33

3.1

8 (24.2)

 

26 (78.8)

 

Allergic Rhinitis

   

0.224

 

0.226

 Negative

950

88.4

39 (4.1)

 

447 (47.9)

 

 Positive

125

11.6

8 (6.5)

 

66 (53.7)

 

Laryngopharyngeal reflux

   

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Negative

729

71.1

22 (3.0)

 

301 (41.9)

 

 Positive

296

28.9

29 (9.8)

 

197 (67.5)

 

Smoking

   

0.579

 

0.001

 Never

427

40.3

22 (5.2)

 

176 (41.7)

 

 Quit

125

11.8

8 (6.5)

 

61 (50.8)

 

 Still smoking

508

47.9

22 (4.3)

 

272 (54.1)

 

Piece/dayc

11.5 ± 7.5

10 (1–78)

13.8 ± 7.8

0.140b

11.5 ± 6.7

0.545‡

Alcoholic drinking

   

0.007

 

< 0.001

 Never

393

45.4

10 (2.5)

 

144 (37)

 

 Quit

164

18.9

14 (8.6)

 

89 (55.6)

 

 Still drinking

309

35.7

15 (4.9)

 

177 (57.7)

 

Glasses/dayc

5.3 ± 5.2

3 (1–30)

8.3 ± 7.8

0.046b

5.3 ± 4.9

0.213‡

  1. NCOs: Non-commissioned officers; COs: Commissioned officers; OSA: Obstructive sleep apnea
  2. Chi-Squared test
  3. aFisher’s exact test
  4. bMann-Whitney U test
  5. cPresented as means ± SD and medians (Min-Max)