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. 2019 Apr 24;5(1):e000498. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000498

Table 3.

Sleep quality, subclinical insomnia and daytime sleepiness thresholds in association with age, body composition and overall sleep assessment scores

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
PSQI<5
(n=35)
PSQI≥5*
(n=76)
P value ISI<11
(n=81)
ISI≥11†
(n=30)
P value ESS≤8
(n=83)
ESS>8‡
(n=25)
P value
Age 23.4±4.9 23.9±4.8 0.611 24.2±5.0 22.5±4.2 0.100 24.2±5.0 22.4±4.2 0.117
Body fat (%) 20.3±3.8 20.7±4.7 0.658 20.5±4.4 20.9±4.6 0.686 20.6±4.5 20.6±4.3 0.997
Boyd mass index 22.4±1.5 22.9±2.2 0.270 23.0±2.0 22.1±2.1 0.054 23.0±1.9 21.8±2.4 0.008
Total sleep time (hours) 8.5±1.2 7.8±1.6 0.045 8.0±1.4 8.0±1.7 0.943 7.9±1.4 8.2±1.8 0.472
PSQI score 3.04±0.8 6.6±1.7 <0.001 5.1±1.9 6.9±2.1 <0.001 5.3±2.1 6.7±1.8 0.002
ISI score 4.0±3.7 8.4±4.9 <0.001 4.6±3.3 13.3±2.4 <0.001 6.10±4.7 10.1±4.5 <0.001
ESS score 5.0±3.7 6.2±3.9 0.129 5.1±3.7 7.8±3.7 <0.001 4.3±2.6 11.0±2.3 <0.001

*PSQI≥5: Poor sleep quality.

†ISI≥11: Subthreshold insomnia.

‡ESS>8: Excessive daytime sleepiness.