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. 2024 Feb 27;16:51. doi: 10.1186/s13098-024-01292-1

Table 2.

Association between sleep behaviour traits and risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus

Sleep behaviour traits N Case Person-years Incidence rate Crude Model 1 Multivariate Model 1 Multivariate Model 2 Multivariate Model 3
HR (95% CI) p value HR (95% CI) p value HR (95% CI) p value HR (95% CI) p value
Sleep duration
Short hours 1717 182 23,651.7 7.70 1.20 (1.03–1.40) 0.018 1.33 (1.14–1.55) < 0.001 1.28 (1.10–1.50) 0.002 1.25 (1.07–1.47) 0.004
Proper hours 19,554 1739 270,985.8 6.42 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Long hours 2514 300 34,399.9 8.72 1.36 (1.21–1.54) < 0.001 1.21 (1.07–1.37) 0.002 1.16 (1.03–1.32) 0.017 1.15 (1.02–1.30) 0.027
Early chronotype 13,007 1171 179,930.2 6.51 0.92 (0.85–1.00) 0.054 0.88 (0.81–0.95) 0.002 0.89 (0.82–0.97) 0.006 0.89 (0.82–0.97) 0.007
Never/rarely insomnia 5456 452 75,702 5.97 0.85 (0.77–0.95) 0.003 0.82 (0.74–0.91) < 0.001 0.85 (0.77–0.95) 0.003 0.86 (0.78–0.96) 0.027
Never/rarely Snoring 11,704 1087 161,905.3 6.71 0.99 (0.91–1.07) 0.797
Never/rarely daytime sleepiness 22,441 2067 310,620.8 6.65 0.79 (0.67–0.93) 0.004 0.77 (0.66–0.91) 0.002 0.88 (0.81–0.96) 0.005 0.82 (0.69–0.97) 0.021

Incidence rate = Number of incident cases/person-years × 1000

Multivariate Model 1adjusted age and sex

Multivariate Model 2 additionally adjusted age, sex, race, body mass index, Townsend deprivation index, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), systolic blood pressure, hypertension, antihypertensives, current smoker and drinker

Multivariate Model 3 additionally adjusted other sleep behavior traits including chronotype, insomnia, snoring, daytime sleepiness