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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Apr 30;26(7):1037–1045. doi: 10.1007/s10552-015-0579-3

Table 1.

Distribution of selected characteristics by self-reported sleep duration among study population (n=101,609).a

Characteristic Sleep Duration
X2 p-value'b
3-6 hrs/day 7-9 hrs/day ≥ 10 hrs/day

N % N %

All 26,440 100 74,211 100 958 100
Age at baseline (years)
    20-29 972 4 3,817 5 30 3
    30-39 3,240 12 10,882 15 79 8
    40-49 7,319 28 20,417 28 135 14
    50-59 7,153 27 17,820 24 159 17
    60-69 4,303 16 11,835 16 192 20
    70-79 2,555 10 6,942 9 158 17
    ≥ 80 898 3 2,498 3 205 21 0.001
Race/Ethnicity
    White 21,293 80 66,109 89 820 86
    Black 1,273 5 1,229 2 30 3
    Hispanic 1,494 6 2,833 4 46 5
    Asian/Pacific Islander 1,474 6 2,110 3 22 2
    Other/unknown 906 3 1,930 2 40 4 <0.001
Physical activity, strenuous & moderate, last 3 years (hrs/week)
    0-1.1 9,700 37 23,513 32 525 55
    1.2-4.1 8,298 31 25,397 34 202 21
    ≥ 4.2 8,442 32 25,301 34 231 24 <0.001
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
    16-24 14,267 54 45,269 61 477 50
    25-29 6,684 25 17,158 23 237 25
    ≥ 30 4,290 16 9,152 12 160 16
    Unknown/ Outlier 1,199 5 2,632 4 84 9 <0.001
Alcohol consumption (g/day)
    None 9,178 35 22,776 31 414 43
    < 20 14,196 54 41,663 56 385 40
    ≥ 20 1,670 6 6,183 8 89 9
    Unknown 1,396 5 3,589 5 70 8 <0.001
Smoking status
    Never 17,573 66 49,483 67 593 62
    Former 7,161 27 20,925 28 295 31
    Current 1,558 6 3,447 5 63 6
    Unknown 148 1 356 0 7 1 <0.001
Menopausal Status/HT usec
    Premenopausal 10,240 39 32,131 43 219 23
    Peri/post-menopausal, No HT use 3,475 13 7,940 11 219 23
    Peri/post-menopausal, Past HT use 1,829 7 4,610 6 119 12
    Peri/post-menopausal, Current E 3,531 13 9,183 12 128 13
    Peri/post-menopausal, Current E+P 3,586 14 11,067 15 123 13
    All Other 3,779 14 9,280 13 150 16 <0.001
Co-morbidityd
    No 19,856 75 59,066 80 575 60
    Yes 6,584 25 15,145 20 383 40 <0.001
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status
    Lowest quartile 6,818 26 17,076 23 235 25
    2nd quartile 6,210 23 17,673 24 239 25
    3rd quartile 6,285 24 17,619 24 220 23
    Highest quartile 5,893 22 18,036 24 205 21
    Unknown 1,234 5 3,807 5 59 6 <0.001
Neighborhood Urbanization
    Rural/town 2,525 10 8,586 12 120 13
    Non-metropolitan city 6,762 25 20,570 28 258 27
    Suburban/urban 15,921 60 41,255 55 521 54
    Unknown 1,232 5 3,800 5 59 6 <0.001
a

Distributions are presented only for those variables which were included as covariates in risk models for at least one of the site-specific or groups of cancer outcomes (see footnote of Table 2).

b

P-value based on the Pearson X2 for all variables except for age and physical activity, for which the Mantel Haenszel X2 was used.

c

Abbreviations: HT=hormone therapy, E=estrogen, E+P=estrogen plus progestin.

d

'Yes' = self-report of any of the following: high blood pressure, high blood pressure medications, heart attack/myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes; 'No' = did not self-report any of those conditions.