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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2017 Jun;24(6):604–612. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000824

Table 2. Self-reported sleep characteristics.

Variable Baseline (%)
(N = 93,668)
Insomnia*
 Yes 28,546 (31.2)
 No 63,082 (68.9)
Sleep Duration
 5 h or less 7,738 (8.3)
 6 h 25,076 (26.9)
 7 – 8 h 56,060 (60.2)
 9 h or more 4,300 (4.6)
Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) Score**
High risk 18,117 (19.4)
Low risk 75,499 (80.7)
Comorbid insomnia and SDB score
High risk 7,099 (7.8)
Low risk 84,529 (92.3)
*

Insomnia is defined as a score of 9 or greater on the WHI Insomnia Rating Scale (Levine DW et al. Reliability and validity of the Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale. Psychol Assess 2003; 15(2):137-48)

**

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) score was calculated utilizing risk factors for sleep apnea adapted from the Berlin Questionnaire. The scores ranged from 0 to 3 points and scores ≥2 were considered high risk for SBD and <2 low risk (Rissling MB, Gray KE, Ulmer C, et al. Sleep Disturbance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Post-Menopausal Veteran Women. Gerontologist. 2016.56(Suppl 1):S54-66.)