Hyoid bone position as an indicator of severe obstructive sleep apnea

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 2 Clinical and hyoid bone position indices predicting severe obstructive sleep apnea

Predictor variables	Standardized β	Standard error	Odds ratio	95% CI	p-value
Age (years)	0.058	0.021	1.060	1.017–1.105	0.005**
Gender (Male)	2.020	0.859	7.536	1.400–40.570	0.019*
BMI (kg/m²)	0.361	0.108	1.434	1.160–1.774	0.001**
Neck circumference (cm)	0.039	0.037	1.040	0.967–1.119	0.293
ESS	0.135	0.062	1.145	1.015–1.292	0.028*
Distance from hyoid to mandibular plane (mm)	0.075	0.044	1.077	0.989–1.174	0.039*
Distance from hyoid to C3 (mm)	− 0.104	0.059	0.902	0.803–1.012	0.079
Distance from hyoid to mentum (mm)	− 0.019	0.039	0.981	0.908–1.060	0.627

CI Confidence interval; BMI Body mass index; ESS Epworth sleepiness scale; C3 The third vertebra
Results were obtained from logistic regression analysis
*Significant difference: p < 0.05
**Significant difference: p < 0.01

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