Prevalence of reported hypertension, heart disease and diabetes, plus calculated body mass index (BMI) in 1984 in the different symptom groups
| Reported symptom 1984 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No snoring, no EDS (n=1352) | Snoring, no EDS (n=1051) | EDS, no snoring (n=346) | Snoring and EDS (n=351) | |
| Mean (SD) age | 45.0 (11.8) | 48.0 (11.2)*** | 41.8 (10.4)*** | 45.9 (11.2) |
| Hypertension (%) | 7.5 | 9.93-150 | 7.8 | 14.2*** |
| Heart disease (%) | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 15.0*** |
| Diabetes | 2.1 | 1.7 | 4.23-150 | 7.4*** |
| Mean (SD) BMI | 24.0 (2.8) | 25.1 (2.9)*** | 23.8 (2.9) | 25.1 (3.1)*** |
| BMI ⩾28 (%) | 8.1 | 13.6*** | 9.5 | 15.4*** |
↵3-150 p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
p values calculated for differences compared with subjects with “no snoring, no EDS”.