The Relationship between Simple Snoring and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Prevalence of MetS in nonsnorers and simple snorers.

		Nonsnorers	Simple snorers	value
Total	MetS	17 (9.1%)	122 (18.0%)	0.003
	Hypertension	35 (18.7%)	199 (29.3%)	0.004
	Abdominal obesity	23 (12.3%)	113 (16.6%)	0.148
	Hyper-TG	24 (12.8%)	176 (25.9%)	<0.001
	Hypo-HDL	101 (54.0%)	362 (53.3%)	0.866
	Hyperglycemia	21 (11.2%)	108 (15.9%)	0.112
Males	MetS	7 (9.0%)	74 (17.3%)	0.065
	Hypertension	11 (14.1%)	142 (33.2%)	0.001
	Abdominal obesity	5 (6.4%)	36 (8.4%)	0.551
	Hyper-TG	17 (21.8%)	135 (31.5%)	0.084
	Hypo-HDL	37 (47.4%)	207 (48.4%)	0.880
	Hyperglycemia	8 (10.3%)	72 (16.8%)	0.144
Females	MetS	10 (9.2%)	48 (19.1%)	0.018
	Hypertension	15 (19.0%)	57 (22.7%)	0.885
	Abdominal obesity	24 (22.0%)	77 (30.7%)	0.005
	Hyper-TG	7 (6.4%)	41 (16.3%)	0.011
	Hypo-HDL	64 (58.7%)	155 (61.8%)	0.587
	Hyperglycemia	13 (11.9%)	36 (14.3%)	0.539

MetS: metabolic syndrome; TG: triglyceride; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.