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

Table 3.

Factors associated with sleep efficiency, according to sex

Variables Women vs. Men Women Men
Fully adjusted Fully adjusted
P Sleep efficiency < 80% (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) P Sleep efficiency < 80% (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) P
Age group 0.010
 65–74 29.5 1.00 22.0 1.00
 ≥ 75 37.3 1.50 (1.18–1.91) 0.001 21.0 0.87 (0.62–1.22) 0.415
Marital status 0.021
 Married/Com.-law 33.7 1.00 19.4 1.00
 Single/Sep.-Div./Widowed 32.8 0.95 (0.75–1.22) 0.717 24.9 1.54 (1.11–2.13) 0.009
Education 0.159
 Post high school 31.2 1.00 18.8 1.00
 None to high school 33.8 1.03 (0.79–1.35) 0.831 24.0 1.41 (1.00–1.96) 0.050
Geographic location 0.526
 Urban 32.6 1.00 22.1 1.00
 Rural 34.0 1.06 (0.83–1.35) 0.636 21.2 0.93 (0.66–1.30) 0.660
Exercise before bedtime 0.030
 Never 33.8 1.00 20.5 1.00
 Rarely to often 29.9 0.79 (0.57–1.11) 0.174 27.4 1.42 (0.95–2.14) 0.091
Naps 0.277
 Never or rarely 32.3 1.00 19.2 1.00
 Sometimes to very often 33.8 0.87 (0.69–1.11) 0.260 23.2 1.10 (0.78–1.54) 0.588
Caffeine after 6 pm 0.174
 Never 34.0 1.00 22.8 1.00
 Rarely to often 31.4 1.07 (0.82–1.39) 0.617 19.9 0.80 (0.57–1.11) 0.182
Mood disorder 0.089
 No 32.2 1.00 22.0 1.00
 Yes 43.1 1.00 (0.66–1.52) 0.984 14.0 0.40 (0.15–1.06) 0.066
Anxiety disorder 0.012
 No 32.1 1.00 22.0 1.00
 Yes 50.0 1.69 (1.04–2.75) 0.034 9.1 0.33 (0.10–1.06) 0.063
Sleep medication 0.543
 0 per month 27.2 1.00 19.5 1.00
 ≥ once per month 45.1 1.94 (1.52–2.48) <0.001 29.7 1.69 (1.17–2.45) 0.006
Nocturia 0.359
 < 4 per month 26.9 1.00 17.1 1.00
 ≥ 4 per month 44.0 1.87 (1.47–2.37) <0.001 32.6 2.26 (1.62–3.16) <0.001
Pain 0.676
 0 per month 27.6 1.00 18.7 1.00
 ≥ once per month 47.7 2.03 (1.56–2.63) <0.001 37.2 1.82 (1.21–2.76) 0.004
Bad dreams 0.711
 0 per month 30.5 1.00 20.3 1.00
 ≥ once per month 48.6 1.63 (1.19–2.34) 0.003 32.5 1.81 (1.14–2.88) 0.012
Painful illness 0.044
 No 27.9 1.00 17.3 1.00
 Yes 36.3 1.10 (0.85–1.42) 0.461 28.3 1.69 (1.21–2.37) 0.002
Cardiac illness 0.891
 No 30.7 1.00 20.9 1.00
 Yes 34.0 0.96 (0.73–1.25) 0.756 22.1 0.99 (0.69–1.42) 0.951
Respiratory illness 0.070
 No 32.5 1.00 22.4 1.00
 Yes 36.6 0.98 (0.75–1.41) 0.848 17.2 0.60 (0.37–0.98) 0.052
Other illness 0.862
 No 31.2 1.00 21.0 1.00
 Yes 35.6 0.98 (0.78–1.25) 0.894 22.5 0.95 (0.68–1.32) 0.758

CI = Confidence interval.