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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2012 Aug 30;43(11):2858–2864. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.660332

Table 2.

Distribution of Study Population by Sleep Duration and Carotid CIMT among Women

Demographics Overall (%) Mean
Sleep
Duratio
n
(hours)
(SD)
(N=357)
P-
value*
Mean
Carotid
CIMT
(mm)
(SD)
(N=357)
P-
value*
All participants (N=357) 6.3(1.0) 0.68(0.12)
Age
     37 – 41 years 21.3 6.2(1.0) 0.76 0.64(0.09) <0.01
     42 – 46 years 29.7 6.5(1.0) 0.66(0.12)
     47 – 52 years 49.0 6.3(0.9) 0.70(0.13)
Race
     Black 48.5 5.9(0.9) <0.01 0.71(0.13) <0.01
    White 51.5 6.7(0.8) 0.65(0.11)
Education
     Less than high school degree 4.2 5.7(0.6) <0.01 0.71(0.15) <0.01
     High school degree 17.7 6.2(1.1) 0.70(0.14)
     Some college 27.5 6.1(1.0) 0.71(0.14)
     College graduate 50.7 6.5(0.9) 0.65(0.10)
Covariates

Body mass index
     ≥30 kg/m2 (obese) 36.2 6.1(0.9) <0.01 0.72(0.13) <0.01
     25 – 29.9 kg/m2 (overweight) 25.0 6.3(1.0) 0.69(0.12)
     <25 kg/m2 (normal) 36.2 6.6(0.9) 0.63(0.11)
Waist circumference
     >90 cm 34.8 6.2(1.0) 0.01 0.72(0.13) <0.01
     ≤90 cm 65.2 6.4(0.9) 0.66(0.11)
Systolic blood pressure
     >120 mmHg 25.8 6.2(1.0) 0.04 0.73(0.12) <0.01
     ≤120 mmHg 74.2 6.4(0.9) 0.66(0.12)
Diastolic blood pressure
     >80 mmHg 21.4 6.09(1.0) 0.02 0.72(0.12) <0.01
     ≤80 mmHg 78.7 6.37(1.0) 0.67(0.12)
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
     <52 mg/dL (below median) 33.8 6.1(1.0) 0.01 0.70(0.11) 0.05
     ≥52 mg/dL (above median) 66.2 6.4(0.9) 0.67(0.13)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
     >109 mg/dL (above median) 47.3 6.4(0.9) 0.23 0.70(0.13) <0.01
     ≤109 mg/dL (below median) 52.7 6.3(0.9) 0.70(0.11)
Diabetes
     Yes 8.4 6.2(0.9) 0.10 0.76(0.15) <0.01
     No 91.6 6.3(1.0) 0.67(0.12)
Alcohol
     >7 drinks/week 19.5 6.7(0.9) <0.01 0.67(0.13) <0.01
     1–7 drinks/week 45.0 6.5(1.0) 0.67(0.12)
     Non-drinker 35.5 6.2(0.9) 0.70(0.13)
Smoking
     Current smoker 30.6 6.0(1.0) 0.01 0.71(0.14) 0.01
     Former smoker 44.6 6.4(0.9) 0.70(0.13)
     Never smoker 24.9 6.6(0.9) 0.64(0.11)
Depression (mean CES-D)
     CES-D≥16 22.0 6.0(1.1) <0.01 0.68(0.12) 0.19
     CES-D<16 78.0 6.4(0.9) 0.68(0.12)

Abbreviations: CIMT, intima-media thickness

*

p-values reflect t-test or ANOVA test for those with 3 or more categories