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. 2007 Aug 1;30(8):991–996. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.8.991

Table 1.

Description of Sample

Variable N Mean (SD) Median (interquartile range) Category N (%)
A. General
    Male 907a 500(55.1%)
    Age (y) 52.5 (8.1)
    Body mass index b (Kg/m2) 29.1 (25.9,33.4)
    Waist-hip ratio (waist girth/hip girth) 0.90 (.09)
B. Sleep duration
    i. Polysomnography-derived
        Total sleep time (h) 6.3 (1.0)
    ii. Self-reported
        Usual sleep (h) 906 7.1 (1.0)
C. Sleep-disordered breathing
    i. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)
        AHI < 5 623 (68.7%)
        AHI 5–15 173 (19.1%)
        AHI ≥ 15 111 (12.2%)
    ii. Habitual snoring 899 418 (46.5%)
D. Hormones & Metabolites
    C-reactive protein (mg/L) 2.4 (1.1, 5.0)
    Leptin (ng/ml) 903 12.7 (6.3, 24.1)
    Insulin (ng/dl) 899 9.9 (6.6, 15.1)
    Glucose (mg/dl) 906 94 (88, 102)
E. Insulin sensitivity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease
    QUICKI b 864 0.34 (.04)
    Diabetes 906 58 (6.4%)
    Hypertension 906 346 (38.2%)
    Cardiovascular disease 906 48 (5.3%)
F. Lifestyle
    Current Smoking 906 120 (13.3%)
    Alcohol (drinks/wk) 906 3.7 (5.2)
    Exercise: none 901 330 (36.6%)
H. Medications
    Cholesterol-lowering 126 (13.9%)
    Anti-inflammatory 243 (26.8%)
    Estrogen or oral contraceptive 114 (12.6%)
a

N = 907 unless indicated otherwise

b

BMI: body mass index; QUICKI: quantitative insulin sensitivity check index