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. 2017 Mar 1;24(3):208–226. doi: 10.5551/jat.36194

Table 2a. Association of Subjective/ Self-reported and Objective Sleep Duration with Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC).

First Author, Publication Year,
Study Type
Sleep Measurement Non-Invasive Subclinical CVD
assessment tools.
Results Comments
Subjective/Self-reported Sleep Duration
King et al. (33), 2008 Self-Report (PSQI) CAC Logistic regression of incident CAC [OR (95% CI):
Self-reported sleep per hour (Adja): 0.87 (0.67–1.13),
p = 0.30
Matthews et al. (31), 2011 Self-Report (PSQI), CAC Self-reported Sleep duration (hr) among CAC groups:
CAC= 0: 6.41 (1.25)
CAC= 1 – 99: 6.51 (1.18)
CAC= 100 +: 6.48 (1.19), p = 0.88
Matthews et al. (32), 2013 Self-Report (PSQI) CAC No significant association between longer self-reported
sleep duration and increased CAC in linear (p = 0.19) or
logit models (p = 0.06)
Women only sample
Kim et al, 2015 (17) Self-Report (PSQI) CAC Sleep duration vs. CAC Score (Adjb): OR (95% CI)
≤ 5 h: 1.50 (1.17 – 1.93); p: 0.002
6 h: 1.34 (1.10 – 1.63); p: 0.002
7 h: 1.00 (Reference)
8 h: 1.37 (0.99 – 1.89); p: ≥ 0.05
≥ 9 h: 1.72 (0.90 – 3.28); p: 0.002
The association between sleep duration and CAC is “U-shaped”.
Objective Sleep Duration
King et al. (33), 2008 Actigraphy CAC Logistic regression of incident CAC [OR (95% CI): Actigraph measured sleep per hour (Adjc): 0.66 (0.48 – 0.92), p = 0.01
Matthews et al. (31), 2011 Actigraphy, Polysomnography CAC Objective sleep duration (hr) among CAC groups:
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Sleep duration both by Actigraphy and PSG was not significant
Lutsey et al (34), 2015 Polysomnography and actigraphy CAC Sleep duration (h) vs CAC ≥ 400: PR (95% CI):
≤ 6.65h: 0.75 (0.55–1.03), p = 0.08
6.65–7.4 h: Ref
≥ 7.40h: 0.84 (0.56–1.26), p = 0.40
Fully adjusted model is not related to high prevalence of CAC.
a

Adjusted for race, sex, age, smoking, education, and apnea risk

b

Adjusted for age, sex, study center, year of visit, education, marital status, depression, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, body mass index, fasting glucose, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, height, and hear rate.

c

Adjusted for race, sex, age, smoking, education, apnea risk, BMI, HDL, LDL, BP, DM