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 4

Association between SDB and diabetes mellitus, by gender.

SDB summary score	No. at risk	Diabetes cases	Age-adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	Multivariable-adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI)
Men
0	1065	109	1 (referent)	1 (referent)
1	1360	180	1.56 (1.17–2.09)	1.38 (1.03–1.86)
2	683	114	1.91 (1.32–2.76)	1.42 (0.96–2.09)
≥3	234	36	1.82 (1.12–2.94)	1.10 (0.59–2.04)
𝑃-trend			0.0001	0.25
Women
0	1288	98	1 (referent)	1 (referent)
1	1213	165	1.68 (1.17–2.43)	1.31 (0.87–2.00)
2	494	89	2.06 (1.51–2.82)	1.48 (0.99–2.20)
≥3	185	46	6.03 (3.65–9.96)	3.68 (2.01–6.72)
𝑃-trend			<0.0001	<0.0001

* Adjusted for age (years), race-ethnicity (non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Mexican Americans, others), 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).
𝑃-interaction (SDB summary score f × female) = 0.01.