Table 2.
Multivariate-adjusted logistic regression analysis indicating ORs for emotional distress associated with unhealthy sleep in the NHIS 2009 dataset (N=27,731)
| Variables | Unhealthy sleep (sleep duration <7 or >8 hours)
|
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI
|
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| Lower | Upper | |||
| Emotional distress | 1.661 | 1.530 | 1.803 | <0.001 |
| Age | 1.047 | 1.030 | 1.063 | <0.001 |
| Sex (reference: male) | 1.010 | 0.956 | 1.067 | 0.72 |
| Race | 1.504 | 1.403 | 1.611 | <0.001 |
| Marital status | 1.029 | 1.018 | 1.039 | <0.001 |
| Smoking status (reference: never) | 0.856 | 0.836 | 0.877 | <0.001 |
| Alcohol in 12 months (reference: never) | 1.066 | 1.016 | 1.119 | 0.010 |
| Income (reference: < USD $35,000) | 0.999 | 0.998 | 1.000 | 0.187 |
| Family education (reference: high school) | 0.990 | 0.984 | 0.997 | 0.004 |
Notes: Unhealthy sleep: <7 or >8 hours of sleep per day; emotional distress: ≥13 on the K6 scale; age: 20–40, 41–60, and 61–80+ years; race: white as reference, black only; marital status: married spouse in the household, divorced, widowed, separated, never married, living with partner; smoking status: ever smoked 100+ cigarettes in lifetime; alcohol: ever had at least 12 drinks of any type of alcoholic beverage; education: less than or equal to eighth grade, ninth–12th grade, GED, High School Diploma, some college AA degree, BA degree, Masters, professional or doctoral degree. Adjusted factors included age, sex, race/ethnicity, and smoking marital status, alcohol use, income, and family education.
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GED, general educational development; K6, Kessler 6 Mental Health Scale; NHIS, National Health Interview Survey; OR, odds ratio.