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Table 4 Associations of lifestyle factors and health-related behaviour with sleep apnoea

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

Characteristic

Proportion with lifetime sleep apnoea status

OR (95 % CI)

p

Adjusteda OR (95 % CI)

p

Sleep apnoea

Total

    

Lifestyle-related factors

N (%b)

    

Level of Physical activity

 Sufficient

352 (4.5 %)

7773 (100.0 %)

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Sedentary/Insufficient

304 (7.0 %)

4330 (100.0 %)

1.6 (1.4, 1.9)

<0.001

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

0.006

Sitting time

  < 6 h per day

277 (4.7 %)

5949 (100.0 %)

1.0

 

1.0

 

  > = 6 h per day

318 (5.7 %)

5590 (100.0 %)

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

0.012

1.2 (1.0, 1.4)

0.036

Smoking status

 Never smoked

319 (4.3 %)

7364 (100.0 %)

1.0

   

 Ex-smoker

220 (6.8 %)

3227 (100.0 %)

1.6 1.4, 1.9)

<0.001

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

0.021

 Currently smoking

163 (6.2 %)

2636 (100.0 %)

1.5 (1.2, 1.8)

<0.001

1.4 (1.1, 1.7)

0.005

Lifetime smoking exposure

 Never smoked

319 (4.3 %)

7364 (100.0 %)

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Up to 5 pack-years

74 (4.3 %)

1716 (100.0 %)

1.0 (0.8, 1.3)

0.971

1.1 (0.8, 1.4)

0.593

 6–10 pack-years

49 (4.8 %)

1014 (100.0 %)

1.1 (0.8, 1.5)

0.466

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

0.971

 11–20 pack-years

103 (8.0 %)

1290 (100.0 %)

1.9 (1.5, 2.4)

<0.001

1.6 (1.3, 2.1)

<0.001

 21–40 pack-years

86 (7.6 %)

1139 (100.0 %)

1.8 (1.4, 2.3)

<0.001

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

0.167

  > 40 pack-years

47 (13.3 %)

354 (100.0 %)

3.4 (2.4, 6.7)

<0.001

1.9 (1.3, 2.8)

0.001

Alcohol use months

 Low (<8)

433 (5.0 %)

8660 (100.0 %)

1.0

 

1.0

 

 Medium (8–15)

184 (5.2 %)

3515 (100.0 %)

1.0 (0.9, 1.2)

0.593

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

0.291

 High (> = 16)

87 (7.6 %)

1137 (100.0 %)

1.6 (1.2, 2.0)

<0.001

1.7 (1.3, 2.2)

<0.001

  1. aAdjusted for age, country of birth and BMI
  2. bRow percentages