Table 1

Age stratified and age adjusted total number of deaths/person years and mortality rates per 1000 person years among responders and non-responders

AgeRespondersNon-responders (n=921)
No snoring, no EDS (n=1352)Snoring without EDS (n=1051)EDS without snoring (n=346)Snoring and EDS (n=351)Total
(n=3100)
30–394/5831 (0.7%)5/2971 (1.7%)1/1860 (0.5%)6/1286 (4.7%)16/11949 (1.3%)6/3558 (1.7%)
40–493/3160 (0.9%)9/3021 (3.0%)4/858 (4.7%)4/837 (4.8%)20/7876 (2.5%)8/2516 (3.2%)
50–5917/1902 (8.9%)15/2241 (6.7%)2/344 (5.8%)11/703 (15.6%)45/5190 (8.7%)38/1481 (25.7%)
60–6957/2192 (26.0%)52/1895 (27.4%)8/330 (24.2%)15/520 (28.8%)132/4907 (26.9%)48/1173 (40.9%)
All ages, age-adjusted98/13 085 (7.5%)81/10 128 (8.0%)26/3363 (7.7%)41/3346 (12.4%)246/29 922 (8.2%)129/8728 (14.8%)
95% CI(6.1 to 8.9)(6.4 to 9.6)(4.9 to 10.5)(9.0 to 15.8)(7.2 to 9.2)(12.5 to 17.1)
  • 95% confidence intervals (CI) are presented for age-adjusted mortality rates.

  • EDS = excessive daytime sleepiness.