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Table 1 Demographic and other characteristics of adults by percent of snoring status

From: Positive correlation between snoring and dyslipidemia in adults: results from NHANES

Characteristic

Snoring status (n = 28,687)

P value*

Weighted percent (%) (95% CI)

Never (n = 8,948)

Rarely (n = 6,261)

Occasionally (n = 5,196)

Frequently (n = 8,282)

Dyslipidemia

   

< 0.001

No

40.82 (39.28–42.36)

36.69 (35.04–38.34)

30.07 (27.89–32.25)

24.83 (23.25–26.41)

Yes

59.18 (57.64–60.72)

63.31 (61.66–64.96)

69.93 (67.75–72.11)

75.17 (73.59–76.75)

Age (years)

   

< 0.001

20–44

52.67 (50.72–54.62)

49.24 (47.22–51.26)

40.63 (38.29–42.96)

38.92 (37.19–40.65)

45–64

26.84 (25.37–28.32)

35.18 (33.59–36.76)

38.68 (36.85–40.50)

42.72 (40.93–44.51)

≥65

20.49 (19.17–21.80)

15.58 (14.30–16.86)

20.69 (18.60–22.79)

18.36 (17.07–19.64)

Sex

    

< 0.001

Female

61.47 (60.15–62.79)

53.68 (51.95–55.42)

49.34 (47.52–51.15)

40.58 (38.88–42.28)

Male

38.53 (37.21–39.85)

46.32 (44.58–48.05)

50.66 (48.85–52.48)

59.42 (57.72–61.12)

BMI

   

< 0.001

<25

42.86 (41.12–44.60)

32.09 (30.16–34.02)

23.27 (21.86–24.68)

15.14 (13.65–16.63)

25–29.99

31.11 (29.82–32.40)

34.62 (33.12–36.12)

35.99 (34.15–37.83)

29.74 (28.22–31.26)

≥30

26.03 (24.62–27.44)

33.29 (31.42–35.16)

40.74 (38.79–42.68)

55.12 (53.35–56.90)

PIR_group

    

0.001

<1.3

23.07 (21.57–24.57)

17.02 (15.90–18.14)

17.28 (15.78–18.78)

20.24 (18.72–21.76)

1.3–3.49

36.16 (34.74–37.59)

34.42 (32.33–36.51)

37.34 (35.06–39.63)

36.44 (34.35–38.54)

≥3.5

40.77 (38.70–42.84)

48.56 (46.00–51.12)

45.38 (42.67–48.09)

43.32 (40.66–45.97)

Race or ethnicity

   

0.06

White

65.61 (62.52–68.69)

66.14 (63.42–68.86)

66.59 (63.48–69.70)

65.16 (61.89–68.44)

Black

11.87 (10.18–13.57)

10.45 (8.86–12.04)

11.93 (10.21–13.66)

11.03 (9.30–12.77)

Mexican

7.94 (6.55–9.33)

8.59 (7.07–10.11)

7.93 (6.58–9.28)

9.25 (7.68–10.81)

Others

14.58 (12.92–16.23)

14.82 (12.99–16.65)

13.54 (11.83–15.26)

14.56 (12.93–16.18)

Smoking status

   

< 0.001

Never

60.16 (58.19–62.13)

58.82 (57.00–60.64)

55.19 (53.31–57.06)

48.09 (46.21–49.98)

Former

21.75 (20.51–22.99)

24.37 (22.87–25.86)

25.59 (24.11–27.07)

28.15 (26.69–29.62)

Now

18.09 (16.54–19.63)

16.82 (15.57–18.07)

19.22 (17.71–20.73)

23.75 (22.06–25.45)

Alcohol user

   

< 0.001

Never

11.77 (10.68–12.85)

8.77 (7.48–10.06)

7.99 (6.88–9.11)

7.26 (6.53–7.99)

Former

8.54 (7.56–9.52)

6.33 (5.52–7.13)

8.27 (6.98–9.55)

10.15 (8.81–11.49)

Mild

30.38 (28.61–32.15)

35.82 (33.65–37.99)

35.74 (33.83–37.64)

33.67 (32.24–35.11)

Moderate

16.66 (15.40–17.93)

17.90 (16.62–19.18)

16.26 (14.93–17.60)

14.52 (13.28–15.77)

Heavy

17.54 (16.42–18.65)

19.10 (17.43–20.77)

18.17 (16.71–19.63)

21.35 (19.84–22.87)

Missing

15.11 (13.92–16.30)

12.08 (10.89–13.27)

13.57 (12.32–14.82)

13.04 (11.77–14.31)

HEI score

   

< 0.001

Low

48.83 (47.19–50.47)

50.63 (48.54–52.71)

52.87 (50.65–55.09)

54.70 (52.89–56.51)

Middle

48.71 (47.14–50.28)

47.51 (45.47–49.55)

45.21 (43.03–47.38)

43.75 (41.94–45.56)

High

2.46 (1.91–3.02)

1.86 (1.45–2.26)

1.92 (1.50–2.35)

1.55 (1.22–1.89)

Physical activity (MET)

   

< 0.001

Q1

26.01 (24.67–27.34)

21.97 (20.35–23.60)

25.04 (23.31–26.77)

27.21 (25.76–28.66)

Q2

25.57 (24.32–26.82)

22.28 (20.79–23.78)

24.83 (23.11–26.55)

23.98 (22.48–25.48)

Q3

26.48 (25.17–27.80)

28.93 (27.33–30.53)

25.11 (23.75–26.47)

24.36 (22.89–25.83)

Q4

21.94 (20.60–23.29)

26.82 (24.97–28.66)

25.02 (23.43–26.62)

24.45 (22.75–26.16)

  1. HEI, Healthy Eating Index; PIR, Ratio of family income to poverty;BMI, body mass index; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; MET, metabolic equivalent of task
  2. *The Kruskal–Wallis test was used for comparison between groups