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. 2009 Jul 29;32(11):1980–1985. doi: 10.2337/dc09-0284

Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and sleep characteristics of the study population

All Diabetes
Sleep difficulty
Sleep duration (h)
No Yes Normal sleeping Poor sleep Insomnia ≤5 5–6 >6
n 1,741 1,327 414 1,022 520 199 449 430 862
Age (years) 48.7 ± 13.52 47.3 ± 14.2 57.1 ± 8.6 49.3 ± 14.9 46.5 ± 11.56 49.9 ± 9.88 58.3 ± 11.78 51.4 ± 13.12 44.0 ± 12.0
BMI 27.6 ± 5.67 27.0 ± 5.6 31.2 ± 5.1 27.0 ± 5.52 28.8 ± 5.57 29.0 ± 6.11 28.06 ± 5.40 27.8 ± 5.44 27.1 ± 2.89
BMI percentile
    25th 24.0 23.5 25.2 23.8 24.6 23.4 23.8 24.2 24.2
    50th 26.2 25.5 28.3 26.0 27.3 27.7 26.2 26.6 26.5
    75th 30.2 28.6 32.5 29.3 31.9 32.6 29.8 30.3 30.9
Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) (%) 26 19 39 21 35 40 24 27 29
Sex (% male) 48 44 72 53 37 26 59 50 42
Ethnicity (% white) 86 86 87 86 87 76 93 85 83
Diabetes (%) 14 13 15 18 22 18 9
Glucose (mg/dl) 104 ± 35 93 ± 14 164 ± 43 103 ± 38 103 ± 29 109 ± 32 114 ± 38 107 ± 36 98 ± 31
Current smoker (%) 26 25 27 27 27 21 26 21 27
Current alcohol consumption (%) 16 17 15 19 9 14 16 19 15
Depression (%) 17 17 19 10 20 42 17 17 18
Hypertension (%) 35 31 64 33 36 52 56 40 25
AHI ≥5 (%) 11 8 15 11 11 9 7 11 20
Sleep duration (%)
    ≤5 h 21 19 34 21 19 30
    5–6 h 23 21 30 21 26 25
    >6 h 56 59 36 58 55 44
Sleep difficulty
    Normal sleeping 70 71 66 70 66 72
    Poor sleep 22 22 24 20 26 22
    Insomnia 8 7 10 11 8 6

Data are means ± SD unless indicated otherwise and are adjusted for sampling weight. AHI, apnea-hypopnea index.

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