Asthma Control and Its Relationship with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in Older Adults
Table 6
Multivariate associations of asthma severity step with OSA (clinically-diagnosed and untreated) and other traditional factors of asthma control, in the older and younger asthma subjects.
Older ()
Younger ()
Odds ratio [95% confidence interval]
P value
Odds ratio [95% confidence interval]
P value
OSA
2.91 [1.15–7.36]
0.02
2.07 [1.14–3.75]
0.02
Age
1.03 [0.96–1.10]
0.48
1.00 [0.99–1.02]
0.89
Gender (female versus male)
0.89 [0.46–1.74]
0.74
1.45 [1.06–1.99]
0.02
BMI (categorized)
1.22 [0.82–1.81]
0.32
1.60 [1.32–1.93]
<0.0001
African-American (versus all others)
0.76 [0.17–3.43]
0.72
3.08 [1.60–5.93]
0.0008
Rhinitis
0.48 [0.19–1.25]
0.14
0.36 [0.22–0.59]
<0.0001
Chronic Sinusitis
0.60 [0.29–1.24]
0.17
0.88 [0.62–1.26]
0.49
Nasal Polyps
1.34 [0.55–3.26]
0.52
1.26 [0.79–1.95]
0.33
GERD
1.58 [0.86–2.92]
0.14
1.22 [0.89–1.67]
0.22
Psychiatric disease
1.33 [0.60–2.97]
0.48
1.31 [0.94–1.82]
0.11
Definition of abbreviations: OSA: obstructive sleep apnea; BMI: body mass index (kg/m2); GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease.
