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. 2010 May 1;33(5):593–598.

Table 2.

Associations between total sleep time and measures of central obesity after adjustment for potential confoundersa,b

Waist circumference (cm)
Sagittal abdominal diameter (cm)
Adj. β-value P-value Adj. β-value P-value
Total sleep time (hours) −1.24 0.016 −0.46 0.001
Slow wave sleep (minutes) −0.058 0.025 −0.013 0.068
Slow wave sleep (%) −0.20 0.050 −0.034 0.21
REM sleep (minutes) −0.062 0.002 −0.021 < 0.0001
REM sleep (%) −0.15 0.074 −0.057 0.013
Sleep efficiency (%) −0.13 0.014 −0.043 0.003
Age (years) 0.11 0.069 0.037 0.020
Exercise level
    High 0 0
    Medium 3.21 0.045 1.34 0.002
    Low 10.95 < 0.0001 3.39 < 0.0001
Smoking
    Non-smoker 0 0
    Ex-smoker 1.06 0.43 −0.12 0.73
    Currentsmoker 1.29 0.41 −0.10 0.81
Alcohol consumption (grams/week) 0.0061 0.55 0.0008 0.77
Apnea-hypopnea index 2.53 < 0.0001 0.59 < 0.0001
a

Results are presented as adjusted estimated β-values with P-values.

b

β-values are adjusted for age, level of physical activity, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and apnea-hypopnea index.