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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep. 2006 Jul;29(7):881–889. doi: 10.1093/sleep/29.7.881

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Sleep Duration, h/day
≥ 6 7–8 ≥ 9
Participants, no. 25,672 55,449 4579
Age, y 47.0 ± 4.6 46.7 ± 4.7 46.6 ± 4.7
Alcohol, g/d 3.5 ± 6.9 4.1 ± 7.3 4.3 ± 8.5
Smoking, % 11.2 7.6 8.4
Caffeine, mg/d 229 ± 209 218 ± 193 212 ± 194
Activity, METs/wk 17.1 ± 23.5 17.1 ± 20.5 14.8 ± 21.3
Caloric intake, kcal/d 1802 ± 574 1827 ± 552 1873 ± 580
Married, % 74.0 81.7 78.1
Children at home % 81.4 82.3 78.2
Living alone, % 10.2 7.7 9.8
Annual income < $50,000, % 18.3 15.2 23.7
Currently unemployed, % 8.2 12.5 25.6
History of depressive symptoms, % 53.1 49.6 64.7
Current depressive symptoms, % 11.0 6.1 12.2
Antidepressant use, % 15.7 16.7 38.2
Benzodiazepine use, % 3.6 2.8 7.8
Obesity, % 29.0 22.0 27.9
Diabetes, % 3.5 2.6 4.5
Hypothyroidism, % 12.3 10.9 15.0
Hyperthyroidism, % 2.2 1.9 2.0
Seizure, % 2.0 1.6 2.8
Head injury, % 12.4 10.8 13.0
Multiple sclerosis, % 0.9 0.8 2.8
Stroke, % 1.0 0.7 1.5
Coronary disease, % 2.6 1.6 3.0
Hypertension, % 21.2 16.7 20.7
SLE, % 0.9 0.7 1.9
Rheumatoid arthritis, % 3.2 2.4 3.7
Osteoarthritis, % 20.8 15.6 21.9
Herniated disc, % 9.2 6.8 9.1
Asthma, % 15.9 13.2 17.4
COPD, % 2.0 1.0 2.4
Cancer, % 5.3 5.1 6.0
IBD, % 2.4 1.6 2.7
Any medical disease, % 68.4 60.6 68.8
Pregnant, % 0.3 0.5 0.8
Postmenopausal, % 37.4 31.4 33.1
Premenstrual syndrome, % 14.3 13.0 18.5
Estrogen use, % 23.4 22.4 24.0
Restless legs syndrome, % 2.6 1.6 3.8
Snoring, % 7.7 6.5 10.1
Permanent night shift, % 13.9 7.4 9.8
Rotating night shift, % 9.3 5.2 5.7

Values expressed as percentage or mean ± SD. SLE refers to systemic lupus erythematosus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.