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. 2024 Apr 3;19(4):e0300245. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300245

Table 4. Predicted estimates of health outcomes by work schedule pattern between ages 22 and 48/49.

Average sleep hours per day/wk Sleep Quality Poor Health SF-12 Physical Function SF-12 Mental Function CES-D
Mostly NW 6.89 (0.07) [6.75, 7.02] -0.01 (0.04) [-0.09, 0.06] 0.21 (0.01) [0.18, 0.24] 48.08 (0.48) [47.13, 49.02] 52.62 (0.42) [51.81, 53.44] 0.17 (0.01) [0.15, 0.20]
Early ST-Mostly VH 6.80 (0.04) [6.71, 6.89] 0.01 (0.03) [-0.04, 0.06] 0.18 (0.01) [0.15, 0.20] 49.15 (0.34) [48.48, 49.82] 53.07 (0.29) [52.50, 53.63] 0.17 (0.01) [0.14, 0.19]
Early ST-Volatile 6.80 (0.04) [6.71, 6.88] -0.02 (0.02) [-0.06, 0.02] 0.23 (0.01) [0.21, 0.25] 48.62 (0.28) [48.06, 49.18] 52.45 (0.26) [51.94, 52.96] 0.19 (0.01) [0.17, 0.21]
Mostly ST with some VH 6.93 (0.03) [6.88, 6.99] 0.01 (0.02) [-0.02, 0.04] 0.19 (0.01) [0.18, 0.21] 49.43 (0.19) [49.06, 49.80] 53.02 (0.17) [52.68, 53.36] 0.17 (0.01) [0.15, 0.18]
Stable ST 7.03 (0.03) [6.97, 7.09] 0.06 (0.02) [0.02, 0.09] 0.17 (0.01) [0.15, 0.19] 50.04 (0.20) [49.64, 50.44] 53.27 (0.18) [52.91, 53.64] 0.14 (0.01) [0.12, 0.16]

Note. ST: standard hours; VH: variable hours; NW: not working; Numbers represent probabilities based on results reported in Tables 2 and 3 with delta-method standard errors in parentheses and 95% confidence interval in brackets.