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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Dec 9;216(4):399.e1–399.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.11.1051

Table 1. Participant characteristics by sleep duration at 8-13 gestational weeks and 16-22 gestational weeks, the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies-Singleton Cohort (2009-2013).

Sleep duration at 8-13 Gestational Weeks Sleep duration at 16-22 Gestational Weeks
Characteristics Over all 5-6 hours 7 hours 8-9 hours ≥10 hours P* Over all 5-6 hours 7 hours 8-9 hours ≥10 hours P*
2581 (16%) (14.7%) (44.8%) (24.4%) 2530 (15.4%) (20.8%) (49.1%) (14.7%)
Age 28.1 (5.5) 28.5 (5.5) 29.4 (5.3) 28.5 (5.3) 26.5 (5.6) <0.0001 28.2 (5.5) 28.8 (5.5) 29.5 (5.2) 28.2 (5.4) 25.5 (5.4) <0.0001
Race/ethnicity <0.0001 <0.0001
 Non-Hispanic White 27.2 22.5 31.3 34.0 15.4 27.7 19.7 36.5 31.2 11.6
 Non-Hispanic Black 27.7 38.0 23.9 19.4 28.5 27.6 40.3 20.2 22 43.3
  Hispanic 28.7 27.4 25.0 28.5 32.3 28.6 27.4 23.2 29.7 33.6
  Asian/Pacific Islander 16.3 12.1 19.7 17.9 13.8 16.2 12.6 20.2 17.1 11.6
Education <0.0001 <0.0001
 Less than high school 11.4 11.1 8.2 9.9 16.2 11.3 11.3 5.3 10.5 22.3
  High- school graduate or equivalent 18.4 21.6 10.8 16.7 24.1 18.3 18.5 11.2 18.4 28.0
 More than high school 70.2 67.3 81.1 73.4 59.8 70.4 70.3 83.5 71.2 49.7
Married/living with a partner 74.4 69.0 79.5 79.6 65.2 <0.0001 74.4 68.6 80.8 78.3 58.1 <0.0001
Nulliparity 46.8 35.3 39.5 48.3 55.9 <0.0001 47.0 35.1 46.6 50.0 49.7 <0.0001
Smoking before pregnancy 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.52 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.26
Family history of diabetes 21.8 28.7 22.9 19.7 20.5 0.002 21.8 23.4 20.4 21.8 21.9 0.75
Alcoholic beverage consumption before pregnancy 64.6 62.2 71 66 59.8 0.002 64.8 62.1 73.2 64.5 57.0 <0.0001
Pre-pregnancy BMI,kg/m2 25.5 (5.2) 26.3 (5.8) 25.1 (5.0) 25.2 (5.0) 25.5 (5.2) 0.001 25.5 (5.2) 26.1 (5.5) 25.2 (5.3) 25.3 (5.1) 25.8 (5.4) 0.016
Pre-pregnancy BMI categories 0.03 0.02
 17.87-24.99 kg/m2 56.4 51.0 59.4 57.6 56.0 56.5 51.2 60.8 57.2 53.5
 25.0 -29.99 kg/m2 26.5 27.1 26.8 26.7 25.4 26.3 27.9 23.7 27.2 25.5
 30.00-48.83 kg/m2 17.1 21.9 13.8 15.7 18.7 17.2 20.9 15.5 15.6 20.9
Need day nap during
corresponding weeks
 Most of the time 42.9 41.0 34.0 35.4 63.4 <0.0001 20.8 27.2 13.9 15.0 43.7 <0.0001
 Sometimes 37.6 39.1 38.7 42.0 27.7 35.6 31 33.5 38.2 35
 Rarely or never 19.5 19.9 27.4 22.6 8.9 43.5 41.8 52.7 46.9 21.3
Gestational age during interview (weeks) 12.7 (1.0) 12.7 (0.9) 12.8 (0.9) 12.7 (1.0) 12.6 (1.0) 0.03 19.7 (2.4) 19.7 (2.4) 20.1 (2.5) 19.7 (2.4) 19.4 (2.4) 0.001
Caffeinated beverages consumed (cups) 0.41 (0.8) 0.46 (0.9) 0.33 (0.7) 0.36 (0.7) 0.37 (0.9) 0.08 0.41 (0.8) 0.43 (0.8) 0.40 (0.7) 0.40 (0.8) 0.44 (0.9) 0.8

Data are presented as % for categorical variables and mean (SD) for continuous variables.

*

P values for differences in participant characteristics across categories of sleep duration were obtained by χ2 test for categorical variables and one way -ANOVA for continuous variables.

GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus