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. 2009 Jun 1;32(6):737–745. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.6.737

Table 4.

Longitudinal Associations of Repeated Measures of Mean Weekly Working Hours at Phases 3 and 5 with Incident Sleep Disturbances at Phase 7

Phase 3 and 5 N / n of
cases(%)
Model IOR (95% CI)a
Model IIOR (95% CI)b
Model IIIOR (95% CI)c
Model IVOR (95% CI)d
mean working hours
Short sleep ( < 7 hours)
    35–40 325/ 58 (17.9) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    41–55 525/ 122 (23.2) 1.64 (1.11–2.41) 1.64 (1.11–2.41) 1.62 (1.09–2.41) 1.55 (1.03–2.33)
    > 55 36/ 12 (33.3) 3.24 (1.45–7.27) 3.26 (1.46–7.31) 2.97 (1.30–6.77) 2.80 (1.20–6.53)
    Linear trende 886/ 192 1.64 (1.21–2.23) 1.64 (1.21–2.23) 1.60 (1.17–2.19) 1.56 (1.13–2.16)
Difficulty in falling asleep
    35–40 488/ 18 (3.7) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    41–55 937/ 37 (4.0) 1.63 (0.88–3.00) 1.67 (0.90–3.09) 1.62 (0.87–3.01) 1.72 (0.91–3.25)
    > 55 85/ 9 (10.6) 6.66 (2.64–16.83) 7.24 (2.82–18.54) 6.82 (2.66-17.48) 7.94 (2.97–21.25)
    Linear trende 1,510/ 64 1.92 (1.31–2.82) 1.97 (1.33–2.91) 1.94 (1.32–2.86) 2.06 (1.37–3.08)
Frequent waking
    35–40 390/ 80 (20.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    41–55 750/ 166 (22.1) 1.08 (0.78–1.49) 1.08 (0.78–1.49) 1.04 (0.75–1.44) 0.99 (0.71–1.39)
    > 55 63/ 15 (23.8) 1.17 (0.60–2.25) 1.16 (0.60–2.25) 1.10 (0.57–2.13) 1.04 (0.53–2.03)
    Linear trende 1,203/ 261 1.05 (0.83–1.34) 1.05 (0.82–1.33) 1.02 (0.80–1.31) 0.99 (0.77–1.28)
Early waking
    35–40 419/ 55 (13.1) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    41–55 819/ 118 (14.4) 1.26 (0.87–1.82) 1.26 (0.87–1.82) 1.28 (0.88–1.85) 1.22 (0.83–1.80)
    > 55 74/ 16 (21.6) 2.23 (1.16–4.31) 2.30 (1.19–4.46) 2.16 (1.11–4.19) 2.03 (1.03–4.02)
    Linear trende 1,312/ 189 1.26 (0.97–1.63) 1.26 (0.97–1.64) 1.25 (0.97–1.62) 1.20 (0.92–1.58)
Waking without feeling refreshed
    35–40 424/ 39 (9.2) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    41–55 800/ 87 (10.9) 1.48 (0.96–2.28) 1.48 (0.96–2.28) 1.49 (0.96–2.31) 1.41 (0.90–2.21)
    > 55 75/ 8 (10.7) 1.85 (0.79–4.34) 1.87 (0.80–4.39) 1.84 (0.78–4.35) 1.71 (0.71–4.09)
    Linear trende 1,299/ 134 1.33 (0.98–1.81) 1.33 (0.97–1.81) 1.33 (0.98–1.82) 1.28 (0.93–1.77)
a

Model I: Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, occupational grade, and education;

b

Model II: Adjusted for Model I + chronic illness;

c

Model III: Adjusted for Model I + exercise level, body mass index, smoking, and alcohol use;

d

Model IV: Adjusted for Model I, II, III, and job demands;

e

Working hours entered into the model as a continuous variable (per 10-hour increase)