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The present study aimed to explore the association between OSA and NPC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The data for this study was drawn from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2010. The study incorporated a total of 3,235 NPC patients and 12,940 propensity score-matched controls. The NPC and controls\u2019 baseline clinical and demographic parameters were compared using standardized mean difference. A conditional logistic regression model was developed in order to quantify the association between OSA and the odds of NPC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of prior OSA was significantly higher in the NPC group than in the control group (2.07% vs. 1.51%, p = 0.023). Following the adjustment for a comprehensive set of confounders, including age, sex, income, geography, urbanization, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, COPD, chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, human papillomavirus infection, tobacco use disorder, and alcohol-related disorders, pre-existing OSA remained associated with an increased odds of developing NPC (adjusted OR\u00a0=\u00a01.42, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a01.07, 1.89). In sex-stratified analysis, the point estimates for the association between OSA and NPC were similar for both males (adjusted OR\u00a0=\u00a01.41, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a01.03, 1.94) and females (adjusted OR\u00a0=\u00a01.46, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a00.77, 2.78). While the association only reached statistical significance in the males, the lack of significance in females may be indicative of lower statistical precision due to the smaller sample size.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The present study identifies an association between prior OSA diagnosis and NPC, particularly in the males. 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