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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2007 Nov 22;46(5):439–444. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.11.008

Table 3.

Odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for four obesity-related behaviors among those with short sleep duration (compared to 7-8 hour sleep duration group), stratified by obesity status: Rural Midwest, 2005 (n = 1,125)*

Non-obese (n = 804) Obese (n = 321)

Age-adjusted Covariate-adjusted** Age-adjusted Covariate-adjusted**

Not Meet Physical Activity Requirements
    ≤ 6 Hours 1.78 (1.26, 2.53) 1.60 (1.09, 2.35) 1.37 (0.65, 2.85) 1.12 (0.50, 2.48)
    7 to 8 Hours 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Low Fruit & Vegetable Consumption
    ≤ 6 Hours 1.80 (1.18, 2.75) 1.37 (0.84, 2.23) 1.57 (0.85, 2.89) 1.57 (0.78, 3.13)
    7 to 8 Hours 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
High Fat Diet
    ≤ 6 Hours 2.35 (1.38, 3.99)§ 1.78 (0.99, 3.21) 0.94 (0.52, 1.70) 0.89 (0.47, 1.69)
    7 to 8 Hours 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Often Eat Fast Food
    ≤ 6 Hours 1.17 (0.76, 1.80) 1.09 (0.68, 1.76) 1.73 (0.98, 3.05) 1.66 (0.90, 3.05)
    7 to 8 Hours 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
*

Excludes long sleepers (n=78).

**

Adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, employment status, household income, education, physical health status, obesity status, smoking status, depressed mood, snoring frequency, and insomnia.

§

p < 0.05 for interaction term (short sleep duration * obesity status).