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. 2012 Jun;13(6):680–685. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.10.036

Table 2.

Associations between changes in economic difficulties and sleep problems at follow-up. Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Economic difficulties at baseline and follow-up Model 0: Age adjusted for
Model 1: Model 0+baseline sleep problems
Model 2: Model 1+childhood economic difficulties
Model 3: Model 2+sociodemographic and socioeconomic factorsa
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI 9
Helsinki Health Study, Finland (n = 6328)



Economic difficulties at baseline and follow-up
No change (None-None) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
No change (Occasional-Occasional) 1.05 (0.85–1.30) 1.09 (0.86–1.36) 1.07 (0.85–1.35) 1.13 (0.89–1.43)
No change (Frequent-Frequent) 1.86 (1.52–2.27) 1.63 (1.32–2.02) 1.59 (1.29–1.97) 1.72 (1.35–2.18)
Decrease (Occasional-None) 1.06 (0.86–1.30) 1.02 (0.81–1.27) 1.00 (0.80–1.26) 1.02 (0.81–1.28)
Decrease (Frequent-Occasional) 1.08 (0.83–1.41) 0.98 (0.74–1.31) 0.97 (0.73–1.29) 1.05 (0.78–1.41)
Decrease (Frequent-None) 1.26 (0.95–1.67) 1.11 (0.81–1.52) 1.09 (0.79–1.49) 1.13 (0.82–1.55)
Increase (None-Occasional) 1.00 (0.79–1.26) 0.94 (0.73–1.20) 0.93 (0.73–1.20) 0.98 (0.76–1.26)
Increase (Occasional-Frequent) 1.64 (1.26–2.13) 1.64 (1.25–2.16) 1.61 (1.22–2.13) 1.73 (1.30–2.32)
Increase (None-Frequent) 1.84 (1.29–2.62) 1.68 (1.15–2.45) 1.66 (1.14–2.43) 1.81 (1.22–2.68)



Whitehall II Study, UK (n = 5002)



Economic difficulties at baseline and follow-up
No change (None-None) 1.00 1.00 1.00
No change (Occasional-Occasional) 1.18 (0.92–1.51) 1.08 (0.83–1.42) 1.07 (0.82–1.40) 1.12 (0.84–1.48)
No change (Frequent-Frequent) 1.35 (1.05–1.73) 1.19 (0.91–1.57) 1.16 (0.88–1.53) 1.27 (0.94–1.71)
Decrease (Occasional-None) 1.06 (0.87–1.30) 1.01 (0.81–1.26) 1.01 (0.81–1.26) 1.04 (0.83–1.30)
Decrease (Frequent-Occasional) 1.15 (0.85–1.56) 1.10 (0.80–1.52) 1.08 (0.78–1.50) 1.18 (0.84–1.65)
Decrease (Frequent-None) 1.25 (0.90–1.73) 1.23 (0.87–1.73) 1.21 (0.85–1.70) 1.29 (0.91–1.83)
Increase (None-Occasional) 1.05 (0.76–1.45) 0.96 (0.67–1.38) 0.95 (0.66–1.37) 0.95 (0.66–1.37)
Increase (Occasional-Frequent) 1.46 (1.01–2.13) 1.43 (0.95–2.16) 1.42 (0.94–2.14) 1.51 (1.00–2.27)
Increase (None-Frequent) 1.64 (1.00–2.69) 1.56 (0.91–2.68) 1.54 (0.90–2.65) 1.58 (0.91–2.74)
a

Marital status, education, occupational class, household income at baseline and follow-up, housing tenure, employment status at follow-up.