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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Association of sleep apnea and depressive symptoms among US adults: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Non-Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea

P-value

Number of subjects (%)

7853 (79.99)

1964 (20.00)

 

Age (years), Mean ± SD

45.7 ± 19.5

49.3 ± 17.4

 < 0.001

Sex, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Male

3687 (47)

1148 (58.5)

 

 Female

4166 (53)

816 (41.5)

 

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

  

0.223

 Mexican American

1522 (19.4)

345 (17.6)

 

 Other Hispanic

603 (7.7)

162 (8.2)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

3643 (46.4)

955 (48.6)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

1750 (22.3)

419 (21.3)

 

 Other Race

335 (4.3)

83 (4.2)

 

BMI (kg/m2), Mean ± SD

28.1 ± 6.4

30.7 ± 7.3

 < 0.001

Sleep duration on weekdays (hours), Mean ± SD

7.1 ± 3.3

6.7 ± 2.6

 < 0.001

Depression

  

 < 0.001

 No

7338 (93.4)

1695 (86.3)

 

 Yes

515 (6.6)

269 (13.7)

 

Smoke, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Yes

2271 (54.2)

526 (45.9)

 

 No

1919 (45.8)

621 (54.1)

 

Drink, n (%)

  

0.276

 No

2459(35.2)

619 (33.8)

 

 Yes

4529 (64.8)

1211(66.2)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Yes

727 (9.7)

297 (16)

 

 No

6782 (90.3)

1560 (84)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Yes

2190 (28.4)

781 (40.6)

 

 No

5519 (71.6)

1142 (59.4)

 

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 Yes

154 (3.2)

79 (6.2)

 

 No

4656 (96.8)

1187 (93.8)

 

Stroke, n (%)

  

0.016

 Yes

164 (3.4)

62 (4.9)

 

 No

4655 (96.6)

1207 (95.1)

 

HDL-C, Median (IQR)

1.3 (1.1, 1.6)

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

 < 0.001

Cholesterol, Median (IQR)

4.9 (4.3, 5.7)

5.0 (4.3, 5.7)

0.337

Triglycerides, Median (IQR)

1.2 (0.8, 1.8)

1.3 (0.9, 2.0)

 < 0.001

LDL-C, Median (IQR)

2.8 (2.2, 3.5)

2.9 (2.4, 3.5)

0.025

  1. Data are presented as n (%), median (IQR), or mean (SD)
  2. BMI Body mass index, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range