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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Sep 7;24(10):2210–2216. doi: 10.1002/oby.21600

TABLE 1.

Unweighted sample sizes by weight status, age, race/Hispanic origin, and sleep duration: U.S. adults aged 20 years and over, 2007–2012

Weight status
Underweight/normal weight Overweight Obesity Total

Whole sample 4,898 5,577 6,147 16,622
Age (yr)
20–39 2,067 1,635 1,825 2,695
40–59 1,370 1,930 2,211 12,720
≥60 1,461 2,012 2,111 1,207
Race/Hispanic origin
Non-Hispanic white 2,317 2,493 2,535 5,527
Non-Hispanic black 888 1,030 1,652 5,511
Hispanic 920 1,640 1,714 5,584
Other 773 414 246 7,345
Self-reported sleep duration
Short sleepers (≤5 h) 694 821 1,180 3,570
Average sleepers (6–8 h) 3,810 4,386 4,524 4,274
Long sleepers (≥9 h) 394 370 443 1,433
Prescription medicationsa
None 2,432 2,446 2,123 7,001
1–2 Medications 1,350 1,498 1,490 4,338
3–4 Medications 605 777 1,036 2,418
5–6 Medications 261 466 665 1,392
 ≥7 Medications 250 390 833 1,473

Analytic sample Includes nonpregnant Individuals 20 years or older. Individuals missing data on sleep duration, anthropometries, or medication use were excluded. Underweight/normal weight = BMI <25 kg/m2; overweight = 25 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2; obesity = BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2.

a

Use in the past month.

Source: NHANES.