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. 2023 Sep 23;27(10):861–867. doi: 10.1007/s12603-023-1984-z

Table 2.

Univariate analyses for factors associated with nutritional status

Nutritional status p-value for χ2 / t test
Normal Undernutrition
Age (years)
< 75 844 (50.0) 67 (30.7) <0.001
≥ 75 843 (50.0) 151 (69.3)
Sex
Female 967 (57.3) 133 (61.0) 0.30
Male 720 (42.7) 85 (39.0)
Educational status
Literate 1551 (92.4) 189 (86.7) 0.004
Illiterate 128 (7.6) 29 (13.3)
Living status
Alone 161 (9.5) 29 (13.3) 0.08
With others 1525 (90.5) 189 (86.7)
Smoking status
Non-smoker 1345 (79.7) 178 (81.7) 0.58
Ex- smoker 228 (13.5) 24 (11.0)
Current smoker 114 (6.8) 16 (7.3)
Drinking status
Non-drinker 1397 (82.8) 193 (88.5) 0.04
Ex-drinker 72 (4.3) 10 (4.6)
Current drinker 218 (12.9) 15 (6.9)
Number of morbidities 1.8±1.4 2.2±1.4 <0.001
Sleep-wake-related indicators
Bedtime (military time)
< 21:30 465 (27.6) 88 (40.4) <0.001
21:30–22:30 517 (30.6) 67 (30.7)
> 22:30 705 (41.8) 63 (28.9)
Athens Insomnia Scale ≥ 5 290 (17.2) 73 (33.5) <0.001
Poor subjective sleep quality 339 (20.1) 76 (34.9) <0.001
Prolonged sleep latency 820 (48.6) 130 (59.6) 0.002
Sleep duration (hours)
≤ 5 375 (22.2) 48 (22.0) 0.04
6–7 878 (52.0) 97 (44.5)
≥ 8 434 (25.7) 73 (33.5)
Habitual sleep efficiency < 85% 412 (24.4) 90 (41.3) <0.001
Presence of sleep disturbances 708 (42.0) 125 (57.3) <0.001
Taking hypnotics in the past month 337 (20.0) 81 (37.2) <0.001
Epworth Sleepiness Scale ≥ 11 58 (3.4) 10 (4.6) 0.39
Dysfunction in maintaining enthusiasm 125 (7.4) 44 (20.2) <0.001