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. 2024 Feb 13;102(5):e209141. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209141

Table 3.

Association of Each Sleep Variable With Each MRI Marker of SVD Both After Controlling for Age, Sex, and Ethnicity and After Controlling for Both Demographic and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Sleep measures Outcome N Controlling for age, sex, and ethnicity Controlling for demographic and cardiovascular risk factors
β SE p Value β SE p Value
Sleep duration WMH 41,535 0.0001 0.0045 0.982 0.002656 0.004513 0.556
Insomnia WMH 41,498 0.0241 0.0107 0.024 0.007863 0.010788 0.466
Chronotype WMH 37,199 −0.0177 0.0097 0.067 −0.01322 0.009789 0.177
Napping WMH 41,511 0.0688 0.0095 5.56E-13 0.046697 0.009702 1.49E-06
Dozing WMH 41,459 0.0293 0.320545 0.360 0.021213 0.032208 0.510
Snoring WMH 39,200 −0.0284 0.009977 0.004 0.02211 0.010349 0.0327
Sleep duration FA 40,643 0.0038 0.0202 0.849 0.00949 0.020239 0.639
Insomnia FA 40,624 0.1488 0.04801 0.002 0.091216 0.048207 0.0585
Chronotype FA 36,398 −0.0919 0.043747 0.036 −0.07045 0.044017 0.109
Napping FA 40,636 0.2129 0.042946 7.21E-07 0.121745 0.043419 0.005
Dozing FA 40,584 0.1631 0.144319 0.258 0.109374 0.144243 0.448
Snoring FA 38,379 −0.1612 0.045017 0.0003 0.011804 0.046441 0.799
Sleep duration MD 40,643 0.0393 0.02 0.050 0.03174 0.02013 0.115
Insomnia MD 40,624 0.0429 0.047696 0.368 0.02187 0.04796 0.648
Chronotype MD 36,398 −0.1198 0.043388 0.006 −0.10413 0.043717 0.017
Napping MD 40,636 0.1550 0.04267 0.0003 0.132881 0.043196 0.002
Dozing MD 40,584 0.0858 0.143382 0.550 0.101172 0.143508 0.826
Snoring MD 38,379 0.1146 0.044676 0.010 0.148667 0.04615 0.001
Sleep duration PSMD 40,364 0.0025 0.004292 0.559 0.005335 0.004328 0.218
Insomnia PSMD 40,345 0.0003 0.010219 0.979 −0.01268 0.010309 0.219
Chronotype PSMD 36,155 −0.0058 0.009292 0.530 −0.00256 0.009393 0.785
Napping PSMD 40,357 0.0511 0.009144 2.26E-08 0.033715 0.009289 0.0003
Dozing PSMD 40,306 0.0236 0.030695 0.442 0.01445 0.030825 0.639
Snoring PSMD 38,122 −0.0116 0.009575 0.226 0.024362 0.009924 0.014

Abbreviations: FA = fractional anisotropy; MD = mean diffusivity; PSMD = peak width of skeletonized mean diffusivity; SVD = small vessel disease; WMH = white matter hyperintensity.