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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Feb 10;57(4):604–611. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02171.x

Table 5.

Total 24-Hour Sleep Duration and Risk of Mortality, Stratified on Daily Napping


Type of Death

Total
24-Hour
Sleep
Duration
(hours)
Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)*compared to
8 to < 9 hours 24-hour sleep duration (referent group)

Overall Cohort Did Not
Nap Daily
Napped Daily p-
value
All-cause < 6 0.95 (0.76–1.18) 0.90 (0.71–1.14) 2.03 (0.93–4.42) .08
6 to < 8 1.07 (0.94–1.22) 1.03 (0.90–1.19) 1.58 (1.01–2.46) .06
9 to <10 1.28 (1.08–1.52) 1.17 (0.96–1.43) 1.46 (0.97–2.21) .24
≥ 10 1.58 (1.27–1.95) 1.51 (1.15–1.99) 1.58 (1.02–2.44) .83
Cause-specific
  Cardiovascular < 6 0.90 (0.63–1.29) 0.85 (0.59–1.24) 1.75 (0.39–7.89) .49
6 to < 8 1.05 (0.84–1.30) 0.98 (0.78–1.22) 1.98 (0.97–4.02) .04
9 to <10 1.52 (1.16–2.00) 1.31 (0.96–1.80) 1.95 (1.01–3.77) .12
≥ 10 1.77 (1.28–2.45) 1.52 (0.99–2.33) 2.36 (1.20–4.66) .35
  Other < 6 0.81 (0.54–1.21) 0.72 (0.47–1.11) 2.64 (0.84–8.26) .04
6 to < 8 1.16 (0.94–1.44) 1.09 (0.87–1.37) 2.20 (1.08–4.46) .03
9 to <10 1.34 (1.00–1.79) 1.19 (0.86–1.66) 1.61 (0.81–3.21) .30
≥ 10 1.71 (1.22–2.41) 1.69 (1.09–2.63) 1.64 (0.80–3.39) .87
*

Adjusted for age; body mass index; history of at least one medical condition including diabetes mellitus, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, non-skin cancer, and osteoarthritis; history of cardiovascular disease; history of hypertension; walks for exercise; alcohol use; smoking status; depression; cognitive impairment; estrogen use; and benzodiazepine use.

p-value for daily napping * total 24-hour sleep duration interaction.