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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Aug;1231:23–34. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06040.x

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for sample (N = 1,229)

Mean (SEM)
%
Variable Men Women Men Women t or χ2 value
Age 57.9 (0.5) 56.9 (0.4) 1.49
Race (% nonwhite) 17.5 24.4 8.72**
Education (% HS grad or GED) 24.0 31.0 7.48**
PSQI global score 5.7 (0.2) 6.6 (0.1) 4.03***
Actigraphy (weekly average)
Sleep duration (hours) 5.9 (0.1) 6.4 (0.1) 4.42***
Sleep latency (min) 37.2 (2.7) 27.9 (1.8) 3.02**
Sleep efficiency (%) 76.6 (0.9) 80.9 (0.6) 4.24***
Positive relations with others 39.5 (0.3) 41.3 (0.3) 4.44***
Serum IL-6 (pg/mL) 2.0 (1.0) 2.2 (1.0) 1.69#
Serum E-selectin (ng/mL) 45.0 (1.0) 41.4 (0.8) 2.80**
CES-D 6.5 (1.0) 7.0 (1.0) 1.21
Marital status (% married) 73.8 54.6 69.60***
Smoking (% current smokers) 16.5 13.7 10.13**
Alcohol (% nondrinkers) 29.1 39.7 38.51***
Exercise (%) 77.9 75.5 0.99
BMI (% >30) 40.0 42.1 0.53
Waist-hip ratio 0.97 (0.0) 0.84 (0.0) 27.36***
Medication (% yes)
    Blood pressure 34.3 38.0 1.81
    Cholesterol 35.2 22.2 26.24***
    Steroid 4.1 18.2 58.12***
    Depression 10.7 16.5 8.74**
#

P < 0.10

**

P < 0.01

***

P < 0.001.