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. 2018 Sep 19;15(9):2055. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15092055

Table 5.

Adjusted associated factors of poor sleep quality by gender.

Independent Variables Female Male
OR b (95% CI) p OR b (95% CI) p
Age category, years (≥60 as reference)
 18–39 0.41 (0.27, 0.61) 0.000 0.51 (0.37, 0.71) 0.000
 40–59 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) 0.736 0.83 (0.68, 1.01) 0.064
Marital status (“divorced /widow/ widower” as reference)
 Married 0.51 (0.31, 0.84) 0.008 0.89 (0.66, 1.19) 0.419
 Unmarried 0.84 (0.66, 1.05) 0.128 1.22 (0.95, 1.57) 0.124
Employment (unemployed as reference)
 Employed 0.48 (0.33, 0.68) 0.000 0.49 (0.39, 0.63) 0.000
Average annual income per person of a household (RMB) (≤1000 as reference)
 1001–2300 0.06 (0.05, 0.07) 0.000 0.05 (0.04, 0.06) 0.000
Living arrangement (live alone as reference)
 Live with others 0.89 (0.68, 1.18) 0.430 0.89 (0.70, 1.14) 0.351
Educational level (“Senior middle school or higher” as reference)
 Illiterate 2.15 (1.32, 3.52) 0.002 1.19 (0.84, 1.70) 0.325
 Elementary school 1.93 (1.18, 3.16) 0.009 1.25 (0.91, 1.74) 0.174
 Junior middle school 1.65 (0.96, 2.83) 0.071 1.26 (0.90, 1.77) 0.185
Salt intake (g/day) (>18 as reference)
 ≤6 1.29 (0.34, 4.87) 0.709 0.35 (0.11, 1.12) 0.077
 >6 and ≤12 1.30 (0.36, 4.71) 0.690 0.39 (0.12, 1.22) 0.105
 >12 and≤18 1.93 (0.52, 7.18) 0.328 0.42 (0.13, 1.32) 0.139
Oil intake (g/day) (>45 as reference)
 ≤25 0.42 (0.15, 1.18) 0.098 0.52 (0.26, 1.05) 0.068
 >25 and ≤35 0.51 (0.19, 1.39) 0.189 0.62 (0.32, 1.21) 0.159
 >35 and ≤45 0.54 (0.19, 1.51) 0.241 0.62 (0.31, 1.23) 0.169
Dietary content of food (primarily meat as reference)
 Balanced diet 0.43 (0.16, 1.12) 0.083 0.17 (0.07, 0.41) 0.000
 Primarily vegetarian 0.49 (0.19, 1.28) 0.148 0.19 (0.08, 0.45) 0.000
Illness during the last 2 weeks (Yes as reference)
 No 0.92 (0.65, 1.29) 0.617 0.69 (0.52, 0.91) 0.009
Total number of chronic diseases (≥3 as reference)
 0 0.46 (0.27, 0.78) 0.004 0.37 (0.23, 0.60) 0.000
 1 0.57 (0.36, 0.91) 0.019 0.54 (0.35, 0.84) 0.006
 2 0.64 (0.39, 1.04) 0.069 0.88 (0.55, 1.40) 0.589
Self-reported disability (Yes as reference)
 No 0.45 (0.35, 0.57) 0.000 0.63 (0.53, 0.76) 0.000

b Adjusted for age category, marital status, employment, average household income, living arrangement, educational level, salt intake, oil intake, dietary content of food, illness during the 2 weeks, total number of chronic diseases and self-reported disability. OR: odds ratio; and CI: confidence interval. Chronic diseases: hypertension, diabetes, migraine, asthma, thyroid disease, heart disease, thrombosis, bronchitis/emphysema, osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer, peptic ulcer, cerebrovascular disease and other major physical diseases.