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. 2007 Dec 1;30(12):1659–1666. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.12.1659

Table 1.

Mortality by Number of Hours Sleep at Phase 1 and Phase 3

Hours of sleep ≤5 hours 6 hours 7 hours 8 hours ≥9 hours
Phase 1 (No. participants=9,781, Total deaths=566)
Number of participants (deaths: all causes) 587 (56) 2642 (160) 4884 (256) 1579 (87) 89 (7)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) - Age adjusted 1.61 (1.20–2.15) 1.11 (0.91–1.35) reference 1.08 (0.85–1.38) 1.77 (0.84–3.76)
- Fully adjusted # 1.24 (0.92–1.67) 1.00 (0.82–1.22) reference 1.07 (0.84–1.36) 1.54 (0.72–3.28)
Number of participants (CVD deaths) 585 (19) 2642 (47) 4881 (69) 1579 (31) 89 (2)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) - Age adjusted 2.11 (1.26–3.52) 1.22 (0.84–1.76) reference 1.47 (0.96–2.25) 2.18 (0.53 –8.92)
- Fully adjusted # 1.17 (0.68–2.00) 1.01 (0.69–1.48) reference 1.39 (0.91–2.14) 1.53 (0.37–6.32)
Number of participants (non-CVD deaths) 585 (35) 2642 (113) 4881 (184) 1579 (56) 89 (5)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) - Age adjusted 1.38 (0.96–1.99) 1.09 (0.86–1.37) reference 0.95 (0.71–1.29) 1.66 (0.68–4.05)
- Fully adjusted # 1.18 (0.81–1.71) 1.02 (0.80–1.29) reference 0.96 (0.71–1.30) 1.61 (0.66–3.94)
Phase 3 (No. participants=7,729, Total deaths=292)
Number of participants (deaths: all causes) 420 (29) 1626 (61) 3501 (112) 1950 (74) 232 (16)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) - Age adjusted 2.07 (1.38–3.13) 1.21 (0.89–1.66) reference 1.13 (0.85–1.52) 2.00 (1.18–3.38)
- Fully adjusted # 1.78 (1.17–2.71) 1.13 (0.83–1.55) reference 1.11 (0.82–1.48) 1.95 (1.15–3.31)
Number of participants (CVD deaths) 419 (13) 1626 (22) 3499 (34) 1949 (14) 232 (6)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) - Age adjusted 3.12 (1.64–5.94) 1.48 (0.86–2.53) reference 0.69 (0.37–1.28) 2.31 (0.97–5.51)
- Fully adjusted # 2.25 (1.15–4.38) 1.22 (0.70–2.10) reference 0.64 (0.34–1.20) 2.23 (0.93–5.38)
Number of participants (non-CVD deaths) 419 (15) 1625 (38) 3499 (76) 1949 (59) 232 (10)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) - Age adjusted 1.57 (0.90–2.74) 1.10 (0.75–1.63) reference 1.35 (0.95–1.89) 1.88 (0.97–3.64)
- Fully adjusted # 1.43 (0.81–2.52) 1.07 (0.72–1.58) reference 1.34 (0.96–1.89) 1.88 (0.97–3.66)
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Fully adjusted hazard ratios are adjusted for:- age, sex, marital status, employment grade, smoking status, physical activity, alcohol consumption, self-rated health, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, physical illness, modified GHQ score, prevalent CHD