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. 2010 Sep 1;33(9):1139–1145. doi: 10.1093/sleep/33.9.1139

Table 1.

Association of self-reported average sleep duration with psychological distress in the baseline sample of 19,648 young adults

Average sleep duration (categories) High or very high psychological distress K10 > 21
No or moderate psychological distress K10 ≤ 21
Relative risk (RR and 95%CI)
N (6386) % (row) N (13,262) % (row)
    ≥ 10 h 317 30.6 718 69.4 1.16 (1.05, 1.28)
    ≥ 9 to < 10 h 676 25.3 2001 74.7 0.96 (0.89, 1.03)
    ≥ 8 to < 9 h 1653 26.4 4608 73.6 REF
    ≥ 7 to < 8 h 2045 34.1 3955 65.9 1.29 (1.22, 1.36)
    ≥ 6 to < 7 h 1154 43.2 1520 56.8 1.63 (1.54, 1.74)
    ≥ 5 to < 6 h 329 51.5 310 48.5 1.95 (1.79, 2.13)
    ≤ 5 h 212 58.6 150 41.4 2.22 (2.02, 2.44)
Average sleep duration (decreasing hours) 1.14 (1.12, 1.15)