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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2011 Jul 20;12(7):693–699. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.12.019

Table 1.

Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics, sleep variables of 1816 rural Chinese adults aged 18–65 years, Anqing, China.

TST group Males Females
<7H 7–9H ≥9H <7H 7–9H ≥9H

Number 159 543 331 107 418 258
Primary outcome
  SBP, mmHg 117±17 116±16 118±17 114±18 108±14 110±17*
  DBP, mmHg 72±12 72±11 72±10 69±11 66±10 67±9*
  PP, mmHg 45±12 44±12 46±13 45±12 42±9 43±12*
  HBP, n(%) 38(23.9) 95(17.5) 76(23.0) 18(16.8) 28(6.7) 26(10.1)*
  IHSBP, n(%) 17(10.7) 46(8.5) 46(13.9)* 10(9.4) 8(1.9) 10(3.9)*
  IHDBP, n(%) 2(1.3) 13(2.4) 9(2.7) 1(0.9) 5(1.2) 3(1.2)
  HSDBP, n(%) 19(12.0) 35(6.5) 20(6.0) 7(6.5) 13(3.1) 12(4.7)
Clinical Characteristics
  BMI, Kg/m2 21.4±2.5 21.5±2.7 21.5±2.7 22.4±2.9 21.8±2.6 21.7±2.5
  %BF, % 13.6±6.8 13.6±7.3 13.5±7.2 30.3±6.1 28.5±6.0 28.4±5.7*
  HR, bpm 74±9 74±9 75±10 75±8 74±8 74±7
 Obesity (BMI≥25), n(%) 9(5.7) 60(11.1) 34(10.3) 22(20.6) 47(11.2) 26(10.1)*
High risk of sleep apnea, n(%) 7(4.4) 29(5.3) 16(4.8) 2(1.9) 20(4.8) 6(2.3)
Sleepiness(Epworth>10), n(%) 8(5.0) 11(2.0) 8(2.4) 5(4.7) 26(6.2) 15(5.8)
 Poor sleep quality, n(%) 88(55.4) 118(21.7) 55(16.6)* 41(38.3) 110(26.3) 58(22.5)*
Epidemiologic Characteristics
  Age, years 37.5±14.5 36.2±14 34.5±13.4 34.2±13.0 34.6±11.2 33.3±11.9
  Smoking, n(%) 136(85.5) 480(88.4) 290(87.6) 85(79.4) 307(73.4) 200(77.5)
  Alcohol, n(%) 58(36.5) 201(37.1) 116(35.3) 2(1.9) 10(2.4) 9(3.5)
  PA, n(%)I 24(15.1) 81(14.9) 74(22.4)* 20(18.7) 85(20.3) 61(23.6)
   II 45(28.3) 135(24.9) 58(17.5) 17(15.9) 88(21.1) 56(21.7)
   III 64(40.3) 241(44.4) 158(47.7) 51(47.7) 186(44.5) 113(43.8)
   Missing 26(16.4) 86(15.8) 41(12.4) 19(17.8) 59(14.1) 28(10.9)
  Physical Labor, n(%) 96(60.4) 315(58.0) 202(61.0) 76(71.0) 339(81.1) 198(76.7)
  Menopause in females, n(%) 16(15.0) 47(11.2) 31(12.0)

Results are mean±SD or n(%)

TST: total sleep time; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; PP: pulse pressure; HBP: High Blood pressure-defined as SBP≥130 and/or DBP≥85 mmHg or diagnosed hypertension; IHSBP: Isolated High systolic blood pressure-defined as SBP≥130 mmHg and DBP<85mmHg; IHDBP: Isolated High diastolic blood pressure-defined as DBP≥85mmHg and SBP<130mmHg; HSDBP: high systolic-diastolic BP-defined as SBP≥130 and DBP≥85mmHg; BMI: body mass index; %BF: percent body fat; HR: heart rate; PA: physical activity;

*

p<0.05, P is a 2-sided comparison among three TST groups in both gender.