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. 2007 Sep 1;30(9):1111–1119. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.9.1111

Table 2.

Sleep Characteristics and Sleep Disturbances Among 325 Men and Women of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, Aged 45–74 Years, With a History of Coronary Artery Disease

N Sleep Duration at Night
Sleep Disturbances nearly every night (%)a
Daily Siesta
Average Overall Sleep Duration (night & siesta)b
Median (min) <6h/night (%) >8h/night (%) DFA DMS EMA Any (%) >1h/day (%) Median (min)c Median (min)
Men
All (crude) 257 420 16.0 10.5 12.5 46.1 13.4 30.5 8.2 60 426
All (age-stand.) 17.1 7.6 13.7 39.6 13.0 22.2 5.8
45–54 yrs 38 390 18.4 5.3 13.2 31.6 21.1 13.2 0 60 416
55–64 yrs 88 420 20.7 9.2 18.4 47.1 11.6 21.8 9.2 60 420
65–74 yrs 131 420 12.2 13.0 8.4 49.6 12.3 41.2 9.9 60 435
Women
All (crude) 68 420 27.9 7.4 25.4 58.8 17.9 25.0 4.4 60 420
All (age-stand.) 28.4 9.8 25.3 41.9 17.2 14.2 2.4
a

DFA: difficulties falling asleep; DMS: difficulties maintaining sleep; EMA: early morning arousal

b

Overall sleep duration including sleep at night and siesta of any frequency per week

c

Median duration of siesta (minutes) among subjects with daily siesta

Missing data: per Item < 1%, therefore missing data were excluded.