1186 HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS IN SUBJECTS WITH SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING

Abstract Introduction: Study Objective: To evaluate health insurance status in subjects with sleep disordered breathing. Methods: Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Population-based research. Participants: Nationally representative sample of 2005–2006 and 2007–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey participants (n= 11,329 adults). Intervention: None. Results: A total of 11,329 subjects, who after weighting, were representative of 175,247,251 U.S. non-institutionalized population. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk score was calculated by using the modified STOP-Bang questionnaire. This score consisted of 7 variables excluding neck circumference since NHANES physical examination did not include this measurement. The estimated range for OSA risk score was from 0 to 7. Subjects who scored ≤3 were classified as low risk OSA group, and >3 as high risk OSA group. There were 83.4% subjects in low risk OSA and 16.6% in high risk OSA. Subjects in low risk group were younger compared to high risk group (mean age 42.7 years SE 0.45 vs. 57.3 years SE 0.57, p value