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Table 2 Association between a high pre-test likelihood for OSAHS and main chronic morbidities and multimorbidity

From: Assessing the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome in elderly home care patients with chronic multimorbidity: a cross-sectional screening study

Chronic morbiditya

Value

Patients at high risk for OSAHS

Unadjusted effectb

Adjusted effectc

N

Prevalence,  %

OR (95 % CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P value

Hypertension

No

45

19.3

1

   
 

Yes

119

46.3

3.60 (2.40–5.41)

<0.001

3.77 (2.48–5.73)

<0.001

Obesity

No

62

22.7

1

   
 

Yes

102

47.0

3.02 (2.05–4.45)

<0.001

3.08 (2.06–4.62)

<0.001

Cardiovascular disease

No

99

31.1

1

   
 

Yes

65

37.8

1.34 (0.91–1.98)

0.136

1.30 (0.87–1.94)

0.198

Diabetes mellitus

No

119

31.9

1

   
 

Yes

45

38.5

1.33 (0.87–2.05)

0.190

1.29 (0.84–2.00)

0.249

Mental health disorder

No

140

32.6

1

   
 

Yes

24

39.3

1.34 (0.77–2.33)

0.299

1.40 (0.80–2.45)

0.243

Stroke

No

152

32.6

1

   
 

Yes

12

50.0

2.07 (0.91–4.71)

0.078

1.88 (0.82–4.31)

0.133

Depression

No

158

33.7

1

   
 

Yes

6

28.6

0.79 (0.30–2.07)

0.627

0.84 (0.32–2.22)

0.723

Number of chronic morbidities

0–1

30

16.9

1

   
 

2

53

38.4

3.06 (1.81–5.15)

 

3.13 (1.85–5.30)

 
 

≥3

81

46.3

4.22 (2.58–6.91)

<0.001

4.22 (2.55–6.96)

<0.001

  1. OSAHS obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aTable reports most prevalent morbidities
  3. bBinary logistic regression
  4. cMultiple logistic regression model adjusting for age, sex and smoking status