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. 2011 Dec 19;2011:964617. doi: 10.1155/2011/964617

Table 2.

Association between sleep variables and cardiovascular disease.

Sleep variables No at risk* (n = 449) Weighted prevalence of CVD, % Age, sex adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Multivariable adjusted
OR (95% CI)
Sleep duration, h
 ≤5 58 29.2 3.51 (1.55–7.95) 2.89 (1.17–7.16)
 6 101 17.6 1.55 (0.71–3.42) 1.32 (0.56–3.09)
 7 98 12.6 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
 8 145 22.1 1.85 (0.89–3.85) 1.67 (0.76–3.66)
 ≥9 47 18.5 1.46 (0.54–3.93) 1.15 (0.38–3.53)
Frequency of daytime sleepiness, h
 1 253 14.3 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
  2 161 22.6 1.53 (0.91–2.57) 1.33 (0.76–2.34)
  >2 35 54.6 6.06 (2.71–13.52) 4.45 (1.85–10.72)
P-trend <0.0001 0.003
Difficulty falling asleep
 Never 200 14.8 1 (referent) 1 (referent)
 Sometimes 178 20.0 1.60 (0.92–2.78) 1.23 (0.68–2.25)
  Often or always 71 31.9 3.39 (1.76–6.53) 2.60 (1.25–5.42)
P-trend 0.0004 0.02

Abbreviations: CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.

*Unweighted sample size

Adjusted for age (years), sex (men, women), education (<high school, high school, >high school), current smoking (absent, present), current alcohol consumption (absent, present), physical activity (absent, present), body mass index (kg/m2), diabetes (absent, present), hypertension (absent, present), depression (absent, present), cancer (absent, present), chronic pain (absent, present) and back pain (absent, present).