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. 2013 Aug 10;6(4):337–347. doi: 10.1159/000354746

Table 3.

HR and 95% CI for incident obesity during the follow-up in 10,532 participants according to sleeping hours/day, stratified by previous 5-year weight gain: the SUN cohort 1999–2011

Sleeping hours/day
<5 5 to <7 7 to<8 ≥8 p quadratic trend
Weight gain < 3k g
Person years 1,222 10,328 20,623 13,477
Incident cases 5 56 95 52
Crude HR (95% CI) 0.89 (0.36–2.20) 1.18 (0.50–1.65) 1.00 Ref. 0.84 (0.60–1.18) 0.37
Age-sex-adjusted HR (95% CI) 0.89 (0.36–2.19) 1.15 (0.83–1.61) 1.00 Ref. 0.93 (0.66–1.30) 0.70
Multivariable HRa (95% CI) 0.83 (0.34–2.07) 1.06 (0.76–1.48) 1.00 Ref. 0.91 (0.65–1.28) 0.85
Multivariable HRb (95% CI) 1.03 (0.40–2.61) 0.99 (0.70–1.39) 1.00 Ref. 0.95 (0.67–1.38) 0.99

Weight gain ≥ 3kg
Person years 813 5,218 10,741 6,991
Incident cases 14 67 92 65
Crude HR (95% CI) 2.06 (1.17–3.61) 1.53 (1.14–2.09) 1.00 Ref. 1.08 (0.79–1.49) 0.009
Age-sex-adjusted HR (95% CI) 2.09 (1.19–3.67) 1.53 (1.12–2.10) 1.00 Ref. 1.15 (0.84–1.59) 0.01
Multivariable HRa (95% CI) 2.05 (1.14–3.68) 1.48 (1.08–2.04) 1.00 Ref. 1.22 (0.89–1.68) 0.03
Multivariable HRb (95%CI) 3.36 (1.82–6.21) 1.43 (1.03–1.98) 1.00 Ref. 1.39 (1.00–1.93) 0.001
a

Adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, physical activity, time spent sitting down, fast food, sugared soft drinks, snacking between meals, total energy intake, caffeine, alcohol, snoring, insomnia and siesta hours.

b

Additionally adjusted for baseline BMI.