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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2017 Apr 9;93:1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.04.002

Table 1.

Sample characteristics according to 24-hour sleep duration (hours/day)

Men (n=2,438) Women (n=3,326)

< 6 h (n=257) 6–8 h (n=1,789) > 8 h (n=392) p-value < 6 h (n=569) 6–8 h (n=2,338) > 8h (n=419) p-value
 Mean ± SE
Age, years 76.8 ± 0.4a 76.7 ± 0.1a 78.6 ± 0.3 <0.001 77.0 ± 0.3a 76.8 ± 0.1a 78.1 ± 0.4 0.001
Weight, kg 83.5 ± 0.8 82.5 ± 0.3 82.4 ± 0.7 0.44 70.0 ± 0.6 69.9 ± 0.3 71.0 ± 0.7 0.26
Height, cm 175.4 ± 0.4 175.3 ± 0.2 174.7 ± 0.4 0.07 160.5 ± 0.3 160.6 ± 0.1 159.9 ± 0.3 0.06
BMI, kg/m2 27.1 ± 0.2 26.8 ± 0.1 26.9 ± 0.2 0.30 27.1 ± 0.2 27.1 ± 0.1 27.7 ± 0.3 0.07
Thigh muscle lean area, cm2 127.6 ± 1.3a 126.9 ± 0.5a 122.9 ± 1.2 <0.001 91.7 ± 0.7 a 91.7 ± 0.4a 89.2 ± 0.9 0.02
Thigh muscle attenuation, HU 41.2 ± 0.4 41.9 ± 0.1a 40.6 ± 0.3 <0.001 38.6 ± 0.2a 38.8 ± 0.1a 37.3 ± 0.3 <0.001
Integral vBMD, mg/cm3 251.9 ± 3.3a 247.7 ± 1.2 242.5 ± 2.5 0.03 225.6 ± 2.0 226.3 ± 0.001 220.5 ± 2.7 0.06
cvol/ivol 0.36 ± 0.003a 0.36 ± 0.001 0.35 ± 0.003 0.03 0.35 ± 0.002 0.35 ± 0.001 0.34 ± 0.003 0.06
# of medical conditions 2.2 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.1a 2.2 ± 0.1 0.03 2.4 ± 0.06 2.3 ± 0.1a 2.4 ± 0.1 0.02
25OHD, nmol/L 55.2 ± 1.6 57.1 ± 0.6 55.0 ± 1.3 0.21 51.0 ± 1.1 51.3 ± 0.5 49.4 ± 1.2 0.35
Hs-CRP, mg/L 4.2 ± 0.5 3.7 ± 0.2 4.4 ± 0.4 0.19 3.7 ± 0.4 3.8 ± 0.2 4.8 ± 0.5 0.06
 n (%)
Current Smoker 15 (5.8) 101 (5.6) 27 (6.9) 0.60 53 (9.3) 282 (12.1) 70 (16.7) 0.003
High PA level status 49 (19.1) 387 (21.6) 52 (13.3) 0.001 84 (14.8) 332 (14.2) 29 (6.9) <0.001
Poor health status 93 (36.2) 491 (27.4) 162 (41.3) <0.001 233 (40.9) 842 (36.0) 198 (47.3) <0.001
Mobility disability 29 (11.3) 127 (7.1) 67 (17.1) <0.001 103 (18.1) 349 (14.9) 121 (28.9) <0.001
Depressive symptoms 21 (8.2) 103 (5.8) 56 (14.3) <0.001 56 (9.8) 186 (8.0) 58 (13.8) 0.006
Dementia 15 (5.8) 111 (6.2) 78 (19.9) <0.001 30 (5.3) 149 (6.4) 69 (16.5) <0.001
Use of oral glucocorticoid or antiepileptics 9 (3.5) 80 (4.5) 13 (3.3) 0.35 27 (4.7) 113 (4.8) 29 (6.9) 0.46
Use of anti-bone loss drugs 14 (3.9) 99 (5.5) 20 (5.1) 0.80 151 (26.5) 571 (24.4) 91 (21.7) 0.30
Use of antidepressants 24 (9.3) 181 (10.1) 92 (23.5) <0.001 80 (14.1) 398 (17.0) 143 (34.1) <0.001
Use of psycholeptics 34 (13.2) 208 (11.6) 40 (10.2) 0.48 133 (23.4) 458 (19.6) 90 (21.5) 0.25
Coffee consumption 144 (56.0) 999 (55.8) 202 (51.5) 0.42 270 (47.5) 1240 (53.0) 209 (49.9) 0.06
Light to moderate alcohol consumption 170 (66.1) 1251 (69.9) 258 (65.8) 0.03 321 (56.4) 1341 (57.4) 209 (49.9) 0.26
a

Significantly different from longer sleep group (>8h/day);

b

Significantly different from shorter sleep group (<6h/day) BMI = body mass index, cvol/ivol = cortical volume integral volume PA= physical activity, Hs-CRP = high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.