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. 2017 Apr 18;40(6):zsx055. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsx055

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairsa.

Measure Total (N = 182) Monozygotic twins (MZ) (n = 110) Dizygotic twins (DZ) (n = 72) pb
Age, years 27.99 ± 7.26 29.17 ± 6.86 26.19 ± 7.54 .056
Male, n (%) 58 (31.9%) 28 (25.5%) 30 (41.7%) .114
Caucasian, n (%) 142 (78.0%) 92 (83.6%) 50 (69.4%) .122
BMI, kg/m2 24.26 ± 4.32 24.44 ± 4.72 23.99 ± 3.63 .610
CES-D total scorec 14.93 ± 3.90 14.70 ± 3.66 15.28 ± 4.26 .377
ESS total scored 5.72 ± 3.30 5.39 ± 2.83 6.23 ± 3.87 .152
Global PSQI scoree 3.50 ± 1.87 3.49 ± 1.92 3.53 ± 1.80 .902
Total sleep time (min) 405.0 ± 59.1 398.2 ± 58.6 415.5 ± 58.7 .105
Sleep efficiency (%) 84.55 ± 10.13 83.91 ± 10.08 85.53 ± 10.21 .370
Time in NREM sleep (min) 315.5 ± 44.2 310.0 ± 41.6 324.0 ± 46.9 .069
Number of Arousals 70.26 ± 31.47 71.22 ± 30.27 68.79 ± 33.39 .681
AHI (events/hr) 1.80 ± 1.40 1.64 ± 1.41 2.03 ± 1.35 .119
PLMI (events/hr) 1.92 ± 5.35 2.45 ± 6.29 1.12 ± 3.34 .153

Abbreviations: MZ, monozygotic; DZ, dizygotic; BMI, body mass index; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; PLMI, periodic limb movement index; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; NREM, non-rapid eye movement sleep.

aResults presented as mean ± SD for continuous measures or n (%) for categorical measures.

b p value from mixed linear or logistic model comparing MZ and DZ groups, controlling for possible correlation within MZ and DZ pairs.

c n = 2 missing values.

d n = 7 missing values.

e n = 5 missing values.