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. 2008 Aug 1;31(8):1087–1096.

Table 4.

Relationship between sleep duration at baseline and mortality over follow-up period

Amount of sleep, h (no.) Status at follow-up
X2 (P value)
Dead Alive
Total sample (9789)
    ≤ 5 (912) 233 (12) 679 (9) 278.03 (P < .0001)
    6 (1949) 298 (16) 1651 (21)
    7 (2852) 377 (20) 2475 (31)
    8 (3188) 647 (34) 2541 (32)
    ≥ 9 (888) 322 (17) 566 (7)
Aged 32–59 (5806)
    ≤ 5 (493) 31 (11) 462 (8) 12.64 (P = 0.0132)
    6 (1247) 50 (18) 1197 (22)
    7 (1921) 81 (30) 1840 (33)
    8 (1816) 85 (31) 1731 (31)
    ≥ 9 (329) 26 (10) 303 (5)
Aged 60–86 (3983)
    ≤ 5 (419) 202 (13) 217 (9) 83.57 (P < .0001)
    6 (702) 248 (15) 454 (19)
    7 (931) 296 (18) 635 (27)
    8 (1372) 562 (35) 810 (34)
    ≥ 9 (559) 296 (18) 263 (11)

Data are represented as number (%).