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. 2016 Jul 1;26(6):1001–1006. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw084

Table 3.

Relationship between sleep duration and SBP and DBP, raised BP and overweight among children at 5 years

Dutch Turkey Moroccan African Surinamese Ghanaian
β (95%CI) β (95%CI) β (95%CI) β (95%CI) β (95%CI)
n = 2025 n = 92 n = 142 n = 93 n = 32
SBP
Short sleep (<10 h/night)
Model 1 0.162 (−0.808, 1.132) −0.395 (−4.036, 3.247) 0.736 (−2.439, 3.911) 1.801 (−0.985, 4.588) 0.889 (−5.822, 7.600)
Model 2 0.074 (−0.897, 1.045) −0.348 (−4.083, 3.388) 0.429 (−2.776, 3.633) 1.956 (−0.874, 4.786) −0.100 (−7.186, 6.985)
DBP
Short sleep (<10 h/night)
Model 1 −0.160 (−0.947, 0.626) −0.913 (−3.894, 2.068) −1.505 (−4.188, 1.179) 0.619, (−2.301, 3.540) 1.665 (−3.465, 6.795)
Model 2 −0.292 (−1.077, 0.494) −0.813 (−3.870, 2.244) −1.593 (−4.313, 1.128) 0.772 (−2.210, 3.754) 0.360 (−4.597, 5.318)
Raised BP PR (95%CI) PR (95%CI) PR (95%CI) PR (95%CI) PR (95%CI)
Short sleep (<10 h/night)
Unadjusted 0.88 (0.58–1.34) 0.89 (0.33–2.39) 0.97 (0.46–2.04) 3.29 (1.07–10.2)** 0.88 (0.26–2.99)
Model 1 0.87 (0.57–1.32) 0.90 (0.33–2.48) 0.98 (0.46–2.09) 3.65 (1.23–10.8)** 0.63 (0.17–2.35)
Overweight
Short sleep (<10 h/night)
Crude 1.61 (1.04–2.49)** 0.71 (0.33–1.56) 1.78 (1.01–3.15)** 1.86 (0.79–4.40) 0.59 (0.20–1.72)
Model 1 1.49 (0.97–2.29) 0.72 (0.31–1.66) 1.69 (0.95–3.05) 1.89 (0.79–4.53) 0.47 (0.14–1.98)

β, regression coefficient, PR: prevalence ratio(s), CI: confidence interval. For SBP and DBP, Model 1: adjusted for age and gender, Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, height, and education. For raised BP, Model 1: adjusted for education; *, P values (p).

**

P < 0.05.