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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2013 May 24;112(4):599–603. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.04.029

Table 2.

Demographics, risk factors, and BP values across categories of sleep hours Variable Sleep Hours

Variable Sleep Hours
<6
48 (6%)
6 to 10:59
628 (83%)
≥11
80 (11%)
Women 25 (6) 380 (84) 49 (10)
White 11 (11) 82 (81) 7 (7)
Black 12 (10) 100 (84) 7 (6)
Hispanic* 25 (5) 450 (83) 66 (12)
Less than high school* 18 (4) 341 (82) 59 (14)
Hypertension 41 (8) 431 (81) 60 (11)
Diabetes 12 (6) 177 (81) 29 (13)
Hypercholesterolemia 27 (6) 384 (81) 61 (13)
Ever smoker 32 (8) 339 (84) 34 (8)
Waist (cm) 38 ± 4 38 ± 5 38 ± 5
Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) 13 (6) 192 (81) 31 (13)
Serum creatinine >1.5 mg/dl 5 (23) 15 (68) 2 (9)
Daytime systolic BP 130 ± 13 128 ± 14 132 ± 16
Nighttime systolic BP* 121 ± 16 118 ± 16 124 ± 17
Daytime diastolic BP 77 ± 9 74 ± 9 74 ± 10
Nighttime diastolic BP 68 ± 11 66 ± 9 68 ± 9
24-mean systolic BP 128 ± 13 124 ± 14 128 ± 15
24-mean diastolic BP 75 ± 9 71 ± 8 71 ± 9
BP nondipping status, 30 (6) 383 (81) 58 (12)
LV mass index (g/m2)* 110 ± 26 102 ± 27 111 ± 28

Data are expressed as mean ± SD or as n (%).

BMI = body mass index.

*

p <0.001.

p <0.05.

Less than 10% decrease in nighttime versus daytime BP.