Sleep apnoea in Australian men: disease burden, co-morbidities, and correlates from the Australian longitudinal study on male health

Senaratna, Chamara Visanka; English, Dallas R.; Currier, Dianne; Perret, Jennifer L.; Lowe, Adrian; Lodge, Caroline; Russell, Melissa; Sahabandu, Sashane; Matheson, Melanie C.; Hamilton, Garun S.; Dharmage, Shyamali C.

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3703-8

Table 2 Associations between socio-demographic characteristics and sleep apnoea

From: Sleep apnoea in Australian men: disease burden, co-morbidities, and correlates from the Australian longitudinal study on male health

Characteristic	Lifetime doctor- or other health professional- diagnosed sleep apnoea		Odds ratio (95 % CI)	p	Adjusted^a Odds ratio (95 % CI)	p
	Sleep apnoea	Total
	N (%^b)
Age
18–25 years	48 (2.2 %)	2219 (100.0 %)	1.0		1.0
26–35 years	112 (3.6 %)	3158 (100.0 %)	1.7 (1.2, 2.3)	0.004	1.6 (1.1, 2.4)	0.016
36–45 years	246 (6.0 %)	4095 (100.0 %)	2.9 (2.1, 4.0)	<0.001	2.4 (1.6, 3.4)	<0.001
46–55 years	304 (7.7 %)	3951 (100.0 %)	3.8 (2.8, 5.1)	<0.001	3.1 (2.1, 4.4)	<0.001
Country of birth
Australia	584 (5.7 %)	10258 (100.0 %)	1.0		1.0
New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia, or Melanesia	23 (4.6 %)	503 (100.0 %)	0.7 (0.5, 1.2)	0.289	0.7 (0.5, 1.2)	0.193
Central, East, South or South-East Asia	35 (3.0 %)	1175 (100.0 %)	0.5 (0.4, 0.7)	<0.001	0.7 (0.5, 1.1)	0.098
Middle-East (West Asia) or Africa	14 (3.6 %)	387 (100.0 %)	0.6 (0.4, 1.1)	0.085	0.8 (0.4, 1.3)	0.356
Europe or North America	54 (5.3 %)	1025 (100.0 %)	0.9 (0.7, 1.2)	0.575	0.8 (0.6, 1.2)	0.315
South America, Central America or Caribbean	0 (0.0 %)	64 (100.0 %)	-
Marital status
Never married	121 (3.4 %)	3508 (100.0 %)	1.0		1.0
Widowed/divorced/separated	63 (7.3 %)	865 (100.0 %)	2.2 (1.6, 3.0)	<0.001	1.2 (0.8, 1.8)	0.297
Married/de facto relationship	522 (5.8 %)	8950 (100.0 %)	1.7 (1.4, 2.1)	<0.001	1.2 (0.9, 1.5)	0.278
Highest Educational Level
Completed secondary school or less	176 (5.4 %)	3279 (100.0 %)	1.0		1.0
Tertiary certificate, diploma, trade qualifications or other similar qualifications	341 (5.7 %)	6020 (100.0 %)	1.0 (0.9, 1.3)	0.550	0.9 (0.8, 1.2)	0.513
Graduate or post-graduate	149 (4.5 %)	3299 (100.0 %)	0.8 (0.7, 1.0)	0.112	1.0 (0.8, 1.3)	0.906
Employment Status
Employed	566 (5.0 %)	11286 (100.0 %)	1.0		1.0
Unemployed and looking for work	58 (5.3 %)	1093 (100.0 %)	1.1 (0.8, 1.4)	0.674	1.2 (0.9, 1.7)	0.265
Neither working nor looking for work	77 (9.9 %)	777 (100.0 %)	2.1 (1.6, 2.7)	<0.001	1.9 (1.5, 2.6)	<0.001
Number of hours worked per week
Up to 20 h	27 (4.0 %)	681 (100.0 %)	1.00		1.00
21–40 h	205 (4.7 %)	4377 (100.0 %)	1.2 (0.8, 1.8)	0.405	1.0 (0.6, 1.5)	0.896
More than 40 h	257 (5.1 %)	5054 (100.0 %)	1.3 (0.9, 1.9)	0.207	1.0 (0.6, 1.5)	0.860
Main job has night shift
No	418 (4.9 %)	8536 (100.0 %)	1.0		1.0
Yes	138 (5.3 %)	2595 (100.0 %)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	0.389	1.1 (0.8, 1.3)	0.611

^aAdjusted for age, country of birth and BMI
^bRow percentages

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