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. 2023 May 5;5:100074. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepx.2023.100074

Table 4.

Association between sleep debt and different types of infection.

Sleep debt
χ2 (df) p-value1
No 15 min-2 hours >2 h
Common cold 10.5 (2) 0.005
 No 136 (56.9%) 250 (47.7%) 53 (40.2%)
 Yes 103 (43.1%) 274 (52.3%) 79 (59.8%)
Throat infection 13.0 (2) 0.001
 No 217 (90.8%) 460 (88.0%) 103 (78.0%)
 Yes 22 (9.2%) 63 (12.0%) 29 (22.0%)
Ear infection 8.9 (2) 0.012
 No 231 (96.7%) 505 (96.6%) 120 (90.9%)
 Yes 8 (3.3%) 18 (3.4%) 12 (9.1%)
Sinusitis 8.8 (2) 0.012
 No 224 (93.7%) 465 (88.9%) 111 (84.1%)
 Yes 15 (6.3%) 58 (11.1%) 21 (15.9%)
Pneumonia/bronchitis 10.6 (2) 0.005
 No 233 (97.5%) 505 (96.6%) 120 (90.9%)
 Yes 6 (2.5%) 18 (3.4%) 12 (9.1%)
COVID-19 0.2 (2) 0.920
 No 195 (81.9%) 428 (81.8%) 110 (83.3%)
 Yes 43 (18.1%) 95 (18.2%) 22 (16.7%)
Influenzalike illness 22.3 (2) <0.001
 No 186 (77.5%) 356 (68.1%) 71 (53.8%)
 Yes 54 (22.5%) 167 (31.9%) 61 (46.2%)
Skin infection 14.3 (2) <0.001
 No 207 (86.6%) 394 (75.2%) 97 (73.5%)
 Yes 32 (13.4%) 130 (24.8%) 35 (26.5%)
Gastrointestinal infection 27.7 (2) <0.001
 No 205 (85.4%) 428 (81.8%) 84 (63.6%)
 Yes 35 (14.6%) 95 (18.2%) 48 (36.4%)
Urinary infection 2.2 (2) 0.333
 No 225 (93.8%) 499 (95.4%) 122 (92.4%)
 Yes 15 (6.3%) 24 (4.6%) 10 (7.6%)
Venereal disease 1.0 (2) 0.619
 No 233 (97.5%) 515 (98.5%) 129 (97.7%)
 Yes 6 (2.5%) 8 (1.5%) 3 (2.3%)
Eye infection 2.4 (2) 0.299
 No 225 (94.1%) 475 (90.8%) 121 (91.7%)
 Yes 14 (5.9%) 48 (9.2%) 11 (8.3%)

χ2, Pearson chi-square. df, degrees of freedom. Significant results are indicated in bold.