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Table 3 Point-biserial correlations between OSA risk and PHQ-9a

From: The risk of obstructive sleep apnea is highly correlated with depressive symptoms among the Korean adults population: results from the 2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

 

Male

 

Female

 

Correlation coefficient

p-value

Correlation coefficient

p-value

Hypertension

.042

.009

.056

.001

Snoring

.061

< .001

.033

.007

Tiredness

.056

< .001

.067

< .001

Observed apnea

.031

.011

.058

.019

  1. OSA Obstructive Sleep Apnea, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9
  2. aA point-biserial correlation was used to measure the strength and direction of the association between the continuous variable and the dichotomous variable