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. 2024 Oct 18;21:120. doi: 10.1186/s12966-024-01673-9

Table 3.

Independent and joint associations of diurnal patterns of physical activity and sleep with all-cause mortality

Case/N Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Physical activity
Early-morning 242/2159 1.30 (1.06–1.59) 1.33 (1.11–1.60) 1.36 (1.13–1.64)
Late-afternoon 112/1677 1.44 (0.97–2.15) 1.19 (0.84–1.69) 1.21 (0.85–1.71)
Midday 235/2837 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
Sleep
Irregular sleep 292/2493 1.78 (1.36–2.33) 1.44 (1.09–1.90) 1.42 (1.01–1.99)
Morning lark 193/2245 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
Night owl 104/1935 1.06 (0.68–1.65) 1.01 (0.64–1.58) 1.02 (0.65–1.60)
Joint pattern of physical activity and sleep
Early-morning & Morning lark 109/1146 1.04 (0.77–1.40) 1.09 (0.80–1.47) 1.11 (0.82–1.51)
Early-morning & Night owl 13/246 1.11 (0.46–2.71) 1.17 (0.47–2.92) 1.24 (0.49–3.10)
Early-morning & Irregular sleep 120/767 2.32 (1.65–3.25) 1.91 (1.37–2.67) 1.92 (1.33–2.78)
Late-afternoon & Morning lark 3/59 2.75 (0.93–8.16) 2.31 (0.83–6.41) 2.50 (0.91–6.86)
Late-afternoon & Night owl 31/750 1.25 (0.75–2.09) 0.97 (0.56–1.68) 1.00 (0.58–1.74)
Late-afternoon & Irregular sleep 78/868 2.29 (1.43–3.65) 1.57 (0.98–2.53) 1.56 (0.94–2.58)
Midday & Morning lark 81/1040 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
Midday & Night owl 60/939 1.02 (0.63–1.66) 0.98 (0.58–1.63) 0.99 (0.59–1.65)
Midday & Irregular sleep 94/858 1.38 (0.94–2.02) 1.14 (0.75–1.73) 1.13 (0.74–1.71)

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex

Model 2: additionally adjusted for ethnicity, educational level, marital status, family income, body mass index, alcohol intake, smoking status, alternative healthy eating index, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, hypertension, and hyperlipidaemia based on model 1

Model 3: additionally adjusted for accelerometer-measured physical activity volume and sleep duration per day based on model 2