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. 2011 Mar 14;173(9):1032–1038. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq478

Table 2.

Daytime Napping in Relation to Parkinson Disease at Different Stages,a With Further Adjustment for Nighttime Sleeping or Limited to Participants Reporting 7–8 Hours of Nighttime Sleeping, NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

Clinical Stage in Reference to Exposure Assessment in 1996–1997b
Established
Recent
Prediagnostic
PD No PD ORc 95% CI PD No PD ORc 95% CI PD No PD ORc 95% CI
Further adjustment for hours of nighttime sleeping
    None (ref) 77 111,237 1.0 165 111,237 1.0 322 111,237 1.0
    <1 hour 135 84,971 1.9 1.4, 2.5 164 84,971 1.1 0.9, 1.4 352 84,971 1.2 1.0, 1.3
    ≥1 hours 54 16,997 3.4 2.4, 4.9 65 16,997 2.3 1.7, 3.1 94 16,997 1.5 1.2, 2.0
        P for trend <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0004
Limited to participants reporting 7–8 hours of nighttime sleeping
    None (ref) 39 73,409 1.0 126 73,409 1.0 214 73,409 1.0
    <1 hour 72 52,918 2.1 1.4, 3.1 108 52,918 1.0 0.8, 1.3 227 52,918 1.2 1.0, 1.4
    ≥1 hour 13 8,485 2.4 1.3, 4.5 40 8,485 2.4 1.7, 3.5 51 8,485 1.6 1.2, 2.2
        P for trend 0.0009 <0.0001 0.0019

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NIH, National Institutes of Health; OR, odds ratio; PD, Parkinson disease; ref, reference.

a

Established cases: diagnosed before 1995; recent cases, diagnosed in 1995–1999; prediagnostic cases: diagnosed in 2000 and after.

b

PD: number of Parkinson disease cases; no PD: number of participants without Parkinson disease.

c

Covariates included age, sex, race, smoking status, daily caffeine intake, physical activity, daytime napping, and nighttime sleeping.