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. 2008 Dec 9;169(4):435–443. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn365

Table 4.

Prevalence of “Problems Staying Awake During the Day” With Odds Ratios Adjusted for Demographic Traits, Georgia, September 2004–July 2005

Characteristics Weighted % 95% Confidence Interval Adjusted Odds Ratioa 95% Confidence Interval
Sex (n = 5,619)
    Female (n = 3,606) 18.66 15.97, 21.36 1.14 0.77, 1.69
    Male (n = 2,013) 15.95 12.13, 19.76 1
Age, years (n = 5,596)
    18–29 (n = 1,016) 17.53 12.45, 22.60 1
    30–39 (n = 1,193) 14.11 10.44, 17.78 0.86 0.49, 1.49
    40–49 (n = 1,730) 21.84 16.93, 26.76 1.22 0.71, 2.10
    50–59 (n = 1,657) 16.27 12.60, 19.94 0.67 0.40, 1.14
Race (n = 5,428)
    White (n = 3,527) 17.99 14.84, 21.14 1
    Black (n = 1,738) 16.96 13.34, 20.59 0.84 0.54, 1.28
    All others (n = 163) 27.04 7.60, 46.47 0.96 0.40, 2.30
Residential areas (n = 5,619)
    Metropolitan (n = 1,115) 17.55 14.61, 20.48 1.22 0.89, 1.68
    Urban (n = 1,839) 16.19 14.02, 18.34 0.93 0.72, 1.19
    Rural (n = 2,665) 17.22 15.16, 19.27
Education (n = 5,490)
    High school graduate or less (n = 712) 22.89 14.02, 31.76 1.57 0.85, 2.91
    Post-high school graduate, <2 years of college (n = 2,520) 18.61 14.85, 22.38 1.22 0.80, 1.88
    ≥2-year college graduate (n = 2,258) 16.12 12.97, 19.28 1
Employment (n = 5,467)
    Employed (n = 3,837) 15.75 13.23, 18.28 1
    Unemployed (n = 418) 18.28 10.59, 25.97 1.08 0.56, 2.06
    Retired (n = 165) 32.66 13.68, 51.63 2.71* 1.00, 7.35
    Disabled (n = 590) 31.26 18.25, 44.26 2.75* 1.30, 5.82
    Student/homemaker (n = 457) 24.23 13.90, 34.57 1.76 0.91, 3.41
Income, US dollars (n = 4,849)
    ≤30,000 (n = 1,709) 21.66 16.88, 26.45 1
    30,001–50,000 (n = 1,113) 15.54 10.07, 21.02 0.94 0.53, 1.65
    50,001–70,000 (n = 850) 15.11 9.97, 20.24 0.88 0.51, 1.53
    ≥70,001 (n = 1,177) 18.58 13.82, 23.34 1.09 0.62, 1.93
Body mass index, kg/m2 (n = 5,501)
    <18.5 (underweight) (n = 131) 25.06 2.09, 48.03 0.60 0.23, 1.61
    18.5–24.9 (normal) (n = 1,823) 17.13 13.10, 21.16 1
    25–29.9 (overweight) (n = 1,820) 14.01 10.99, 17.04 0.78 0.51, 1.22
    30–34.9 (obese) (n = 969) 20.37 14.37, 26.38 1.28 0.76, 2.16
    35–39.9 (very obese) (n = 457) 20.60 11.50, 29.71 1.14 0.56, 2.32
    ≥40 (morbidly obese) (n = 301) 29.12 13.44, 44.80 1.34 0.57, 3.18
*

P < 0.05.

a

Odds ratios are weighted to the sample population and adjusted for all the other variables in the table.