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. 2019 Feb 15;42(5):zsz038. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz038

Table 2.

Factors associated with sleep efficiency

Crude Fully adjusted
Variables Sleep efficiency < 80% (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) P Odds ratio (95% CI) P
Sex
 Men 21.4 1.00 1.00
 Women 33.1 1.82 (1.52–2.17) <0.001 1.32 (1.06–1.61) 0.010
Age group
 65–74 26.2 1.00 1.00
 ≥ 75 31.5 1.30 (1.09–1.55) 0.004 1.23 (1.01–1.49) 0.038
Marital status
 Married/Com.-law 26.0 1.00 1.00
 Single/Sep.-Div./Widowed 30.4 1.25 (1.04–1.49) 0.015 1.11 (0.92–1.35) 0.277
Education
 Post high school 24.6 1.00 1.00
 None to high school 30.4 1.33 (1.10–1.61) 0.003 1.18 (0.96–1.45) 0.118
Geographic location
 Urban 28.3 1.00 1.00
 Rural 28.6 1.01 (0.85–1.21) 0.882 1.03 (0.85–1.25) 0.791
Exercise before bedtime
 Never 28.3 1.00 1.00
 Rarely to often 29.1 1.04 (0.82–1.32) 0.764 1.00 (0.78–1.29) 0.990
Naps
 Never or rarely 27.8 1.00 1.00
 Sometimes to very often 28.9 1.06 (0.89–1.26) 0.539 0.93 (0.77–1.13) 0.470
Caffeine after 6 p.m.
 Never 29.6 1.00 1.00
 Rarely to often 25.8 0.82 (0.68–1.00) 0.046 0.96 (0.78–1.18) 0.694
Mood disorder
 No 27.9 1.00 1.00
 Yes 35.2 1.40 (1.00–1.95) 0.047 0.86 (0.59–1.23) 0.402
Anxiety disorder
 No 28.0 1.00 1.00
 Yes 37.8 1.56 (1.05–2.31) 0.027 1.14 (0.74–1.75) 0.558
Sleep medication
 0 per month 23.7 1.00 1.00
 ≥ once per month 40.3 2.17 (1.80–2.62) <0.001 1.82 (1.48–2.22) <0.001
Nocturia
 < 4 per month 22.5 1.00 1.00
 ≥ 4 per month 40.0 2.30 (1.92–2.76) <0.001 1.98 (1.63–2.40) <0.001
Pain
 0 per month 23.5 1.00 1.00
 ≥ once per month 44.8 2.65 (2.17–3.22) <0.001 2.01 (1.61–2.50) <0.001
Bad dreams
 0 per month 26.1 1.00 1.00
 ≥ once per month 43.2 2.15 (1.70–2.73) <0.001 1.66 (1.28–2.15) <0.001
Painful illness
 No 21.9 1.00 1.00
 Yes 34.1 1.84 (1.54–2.20) <0.001 1.32 (1.08–1.62) 0.006
Cardiac illness
 No 26.5 1.00 1.00
 Yes 29.1 1.14 (0.93–1.38) 0.206 0.95 (0.76–1.17) 0.601
Respiratory illness
 No 28.2 1.00 1.00
 Yes 29.5 1.06 (0.83–1.35) 0.649 0.86 (0.67–1.12) 0.268
Other illness
 No 27.2 1.00 1.00
 Yes 29.9 1.15 (0.96–1.37) 0.131 0.98 (0.81–1.19) 0.845

CI = Confidence interval.