Socioeconomic factors do not predict sleep apnea in a population sample from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Sleep Breath
; 27(2): 459-467, 2023 05.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Socioeconomic factors are known to modulate health. Concerning sleep apnea, influences of income, education, work, and living in a partnership are established. However, results differ between national and ethnic groups. Results also differ between various clinical studies and population-based approaches. The goal of our study was to determine if such factors can be verified in the population of Pomerania, Germany.METHODS:
A subgroup from the participants of the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania volunteered for an overnight polysomnography. Their data were subjected to an ordinal regressions analysis with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), income, education, work, and life partner as predictors for the apnea-hypopnea index.RESULTS:
Among the subgroup (N = 1209) from the population-based study (N = 4420), significant effects were found for age, sex, and BMI. There were no significant effects for any of the socioeconomic factors.CONCLUSION:
Significant effects for well-established factors as age, sex, and BMI show that our study design has sufficient power to verify meaningful associations with sleep apnea. The lack of significant effects for the socioeconomic factors suggests their clinical irrelevance in the tested population.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síndromes de la Apnea del Sueño
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Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sleep Breath
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania