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. 2015 Jun 11;5(Suppl 1):S35–S43. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.05.003

Table 4.

Characteristics of the study participants by Excessive Daytime Sleepiness status.

Excessive daytime sleepiness no Excessive daytime sleepiness yes p Value
N = 258 (88.7%) N = 33 (11.3%)
Age (years) 59.1 (11.1) 56.5 (11.7) 0.22
Age category, % 0.34
<50 18.6 28.2
50–60 32.9 31.3
60–70 31.8 34.4
70+ 16.7 6.3
Female (%) 33.3 69.7 0.69
Race (%) 0.69
African 21.3 24.2
East Indian 75.2 69.7
Other 3.5 6.1
Duration of diabetes (years) 10 [6–20] 10 [5–15] 0.24
Medications for diabetes, % 0.16
None 0.4 3.5
Oral 33.3 20.7
Insulin 17.9 17.2
Both 48.4 58.6
BMI (kg/m2) 28.6 (5.4) 30.8 (4.9) 0.04
WHO BMI category (%) 0.15
Underweight 1.8 0
Normal 24.7 7.1
Overweight 37.7 42.9
Obese 35.9 50.0
Waist circumference (cm) 99 [92–109] 102 [97–112] 0.09
SBP (mmHg) n = 104 150.8 (25.2) 148.2 (38.9) 0.72
DBP (mmHg) n = 104 80.4 (12.6) 83.5 (14.7) 0.27
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) n = 243 185.7 (50.9) 193.9 (51.4) 0.46
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) n = 236 48.1 (12.2) 49.0 (20.5) 0.83
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) n = 231 108.3 (39.6) 118.2 (40.9) 0.30
Triglycerides (mg/dl) n = 185 126.5 [94–196] 159 [104–212] 0.31

Data presented as mean (SD), median [IQR] or %. For percentages, column adds 100%.