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. 2011 Feb 1;34(2):147–152. doi: 10.1093/sleep/34.2.147

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics stratified by total sleep time

< 5 h (n = 82) 5-6 h (n = 139) 6-7 h (n = 205) 7-8 h (n = 96) ≥ 8 h (n = 39) P-value
Age (yrs) 55.4 ± 18.0 50.2 ± 17.3 41.3 ± 15.7 38.1 ± 15.3 34.0 ± 12.5 < 0.001
Male gender (%) 47.6 42.0 38.5 39.6 43.6 0.65
White race (%) 51.2 41.0 44.4 40.6 28.2 0.40
Body mass index (kg/m2) 33.5 ± 8.1 32.4 ± 7.7 33.1 ± 8.7 31.5 ± 7.7 30.2 ± 7.1 0.07
Waist Circumference (cm) 102.7 ± 16.4 97.7 ± 18.0 98.0 ± 18.1 94.9 ± 18.0 92.5 ± 16.2 0.01
Hypertension (%) 52.4 41.7 30.7 22.9 20.5 < 0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 128.7 ± 14.2 126.5 ± 15.6 122.7 ± 15.6 120.4 ± 14.5 121.8 ± 16.7 < 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 75.0 ± 9.5 75.0 ± 9.0 74.3 ± 9.1 73.2 ± 9.4 74.2 ± 10.4 0.56
Antihypertensive medication usage (%) 45.1 38.1 24.4 18.8 12.8 < 0.001
Type 2 diabetes (%) 34.2 15.8 14.6 10.4 5.1 < 0.001
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) 101.4 ± 25.1 97.5 ± 23.4 98.4 ± 28.8 97.0 ± 24.5 91.8 ± 9.9 0.09
Antidiabetic medication usage (%) 18.3 9.4 5.9 5.2 0.0 0.19
Apnea hypopnea index 19.2 ± 22.4 15.1 ± 21.7 15.1 ± 21.6 9.2 ± 16.1 12.3 ± 22.6 0.002
N1 (minutes) 18.1 ± 12.5 21.6 ± 21.5 18.2 ± 10.9 17.2 ± 10.9 21.8 ± 16.6 0.06
N2 (minutes) 142.7 ± 46.1 201.6 ± 41.5 227.3 ± 41.3 242.2 ± 46.5 291.5 ± 47.1 < 0.001
N3 (minutes) 43.4 ± 33.1 57.2 ± 38.9 68.8 ± 39.4 87.8 ± 43.6 82.5 ± 41.9 < 0.001
REM (minutes) 38.6 ± 25.2 53.2 ± 23.1 74.8 ± 25.7 96.0 ± 20.9 118.1 ± 38.8 < 0.001

Values displayed as mean ± standard deviation or proportion (%).