Research Article

Markers of Sleep Disordered Breathing and Diabetes Mellitus in a Multiethnic Sample of US Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005–2008)

Table 3

Association between SDB and diabetes mellitus, by race/ethnicity.

SDB summary scoreNo. at riskDiabetes casesAge-, sex-adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)Multivariable-adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI)

Non-Hispanic Whites
 01209841 (referent)1 (referent)
 112421311.73 (1.17–2.55)1.42 (0.94–2.14)
 2566742.12 (1.48–3.03)1.48 (1.06–2.07)
 ≥3202323.94 (2.40–6.48)2.21 (1.42–3.45)
-trend<0.0001<0.0001
Other race-ethnicities
 011441231 (referent)1 (referent)
 113312141.40 (1.07–1.83)1.25 (0.91–1.70)
 26111291.75 (1.22–2.51)1.38 (0.91–2.10)
 ≥3217502.46 (1.52–3.99)1.73 (0.98–3.06)
-trend<0.00010.03

*Adjusted for age (years), sex (men, women), education (< high school, high school, > high school), smoking (never, former, current), current alcohol consumption (absent, present), moderate physical activity (times/week), body mass index (kg/m2), depression (absent, present), systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), C-reactive protein (mg/dL), and total cholesterol (mg/dL).
-interaction (SDB summary score × race-ethnicity) = 0.7.