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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2012 Dec 6;111(4):547–551. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.10.038

Table 3.

Hazard ratios (95% CI) for atrial fibrillation according to average sleep duration in Physicians' Health Study

Sleep
duration
(hours)
Cases/person-
years
Crude incidence
rate (1,000
person-years)
Hazards Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Unadjusted Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
≤6.0 325/33794 9.6 0.97 (0.85 – 1.12) 1.08 (0.94 – 1.24) 1.06 (0.92 – 1.22) 1.06 (0.92 – 1.22)
7.0 540/54651 9.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
≥8.0 603/40370 14.9 1.51 (1.35 – 1.70) 1.16 (1.03 – 1.31) 1.14 (1.01 – 1.28) 1.13 (1.00 – 1.27)
P (linear trend) <0.0001 0.15 0.19 0.26

Model 1: Age and race adjusted

Model 2: Age, race, exercise frequency, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking category, sleep apnea, snoring

Model 3: Age, race, exercise frequency, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking category, history of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea, snoring, coronary heart disease, and congestive heart failure