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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Asian J Psychiatr. 2009 Mar 1;2(1):17–24. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2008.12.003

Table 3.

Predictors of specific polysomnography measures (n = 96).

Sleep efficiency β (SE) Stage 2 sleep β (SE) Stage 4 sleep β (SE) Stage REM sleep β (SE) REM duration β (SE)
Age −.15 (.18) 0.89 (0.56) −0.39 (0.42) 0.22 (0.25) 1.18 (1.38)
Sex (female) 0.74 (0.53) 1.37 (1.66) 1.40 (1.25) −1.53 (0.75)* −12.11 (4.03)***
Ethnicity (African-American) −0.66 (0.27)* 2.41 (0.84)*** −1.30 (0.63)* −1.26 (0.38)**** −5.72 (2.03)**
Socioeconomic statusa −0.00 (0.03) 0.00 (0.08) −0.04 (0.06) −0.01 (0.04) −0.09 (0.20)
Depression in the parent −1.45 (0.57)* −1.46 (1.77) 1.89 (1.33) 2.66 (0.80)**** 14.25 (4.30)****
Depression severity (HDRS) −.11 (0.20) 0.28 (0.63) −0.14 (0.47) 0.21 (0.29) 1.46 (1.53)
Depression severity (BDI) −0.22 (0.11) 0.09 (0.34) −0.30 (0.25) 0.09 (0.15) 0.28 (0.82)
Global function (CGAS)a 0.03 (.03) −0.14 (0.08) 0.19 (0.06)** 0.06 (0.04) 0.26 (0.20)
Chronic stress −0.02 (0.06) 0.07 (0.19) −0.13 (0.14) −0.06 (0.09) −0.50 (0.45)
Episodic stress −0.05 (0.09) 0.05 (0.29) −0.48 (0.22)* 0.05 (0.13) 0.73 (0.70)

SE = standard error; HDRS = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; CGAS = Children’s Global Assessment Scale.

Sleep efficiency: R2 = .17, F = 1.73, df = 10, p ≤ .10; Stage 2 sleep: R2 = .17, F = 1.68, df = 10, p ≤ .10; Stage 4 sleep = R2 = .22, F = 2.38, df = 10, p ≤ .05; Stage REM sleep: R2 = .28, F = 3.34, df = 10, p ≤ .001; REM duration: R2 = .29, F = 3.49, df = 10, p ≤ .001.

a

Higher score is associated with higher socioeconomic status or better psychosocial function.

*

p ≤ .05.

**

p ≤ .01.

***

p ≤ .005.

****

p ≤ .001.