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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May 14;56(7):1228–1235. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01753.x

Table 3.

Association between Level of Depressive Symptoms and Objective Sleep Disturbances

Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Parameter of Sleep Quality 0–2
(Normal)
(n=2310)
3–5
(Some Depressive Symptoms)
(n=537)
≥6
(Depressed)
(204)
P-trend
Sleep efficiency <70%
 Age and site adjusted* 1.0 (referent) 1.62 (1.23–2.14) 1.77 (1.19–2.64) <.001
 Multivariable adjusted 1.0 (referent) 1.35 (1.00–1.83) 1.25 (0.79–1.97) 0.104
Sleep latency ≥1 hours
 Age and site adjusted* 1.0 (referent) 1.63 (1.23–2.18) 2.29 (1.56–3.37) <.001
 Multivariable adjusted 1.0 (referent) 1.40 (1.03–1.90) 1.68 (1.08–2.61) 0.006
Awake after sleep onset ≥1.5 hours
 Age and site adjusted* 1.0 (referent) 1.40 (1.15–1.71) 1.25 (0.92–1.69) 0.004
 Multivariable adjusted 1.0 (referent) 1.15 (0.93–1.42) 0.81 (0.58–1.14) 0.787
≥8 long-wake episodes
 Age and site adjusted* 1.0 (referent) 1.46 (1.20–1.78) 1.53 (1.14–2.06) <.001
 Multivariable adjusted 1.0 (referent) 1.17 (0.95–1.45) 0.96 (0.69–1.34) 0.582
Total sleep time (TST)§
 TST ≤5 hours
  Age and site adjusted* 1.0 (referent) 1.47 (1.12–1.93) 1.36 (0.90–2.06) 0.010
  Multivariable adjusted 1.0 (referent) 1.26 (0.94–1.69) 0.93 (0.58–1.50) 0.598
 TST >8 hours
  Age and site adjusted* 1.0 (referent) 1.18 (0.83–1.70) 1.33 (0.79–2.25) 0.185
  Multivariable adjusted 1.0 (referent) 1.13 (0.77–1.66) 1.15 (0.63–2.08) 0.513
*

n= 3051 men in age and site adjusted models

n= 3032 men in multivariable adjusted models. Model adjusted for age, site, race, BMI, living alone, alcohol intake, smoking status, cognitive impairment, physical activity, medical conditions, education, IADL impairments, self-reported health status, antidepressant use, benzodiazepine use and non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic/hypnotic use

Odds Ratio (OR) of sleep disturbances for men with 3–5 depressive symptoms compared with men with 0–2 depressive symptoms, and men with 6–15 depressive symptoms compared with men with 0–2 depressive symptoms

§

Total Sleep Time estimated using multinomial regression comparing 376 short sleepers (TST≤5 hours) to normal sleepers (TST=5–8 hours), and 220 long sleepers (TST>8 hours) to normal sleepers (TST=5–8 hours)