Table 1.
Chronic diseases/conditions, multimorbidity and sleep: European Health Examination Survey in Luxembourg (n=1508)
| N (%)/mean±SD | |
| Hypertension | 250 (16.59) |
| High cholesterol | 458 (30.39) |
| Diabetes | 69 (4.58) |
| Coronary heart disease or angina pectoris | 26 (1.73) |
| Myocardial infarction or chronic consequences of myocardial infarction | 14 (0.93) |
| Stroke or chronic consequences of stroke | 11 (0.73) |
| Stomach or duodenal ulcer | 81 (5.37) |
| Cirrhosis of the liver or other liver disease | 46 (3.05) |
| Urinary incontinence, problems in controlling the bladder | 74 (4.91) |
| Kidney problems | 108 (7.17) |
| Chronic low back disorder or other chronic back defect | 489 (32.47) |
| Chronic neck disorder or other chronic neck defect | 246 (16.32) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 88 (5.85) |
| Arthrosis | 292 (19.38) |
| Osteoporosis | 44 (2.92) |
| Cancer | 54 (3.59) |
| Severe headache such as migraine | 271 (17.98) |
| Chronic anxiety | 98 (6.50) |
| Depression | 204 (13.54) |
| No of chronic diseases | |
| 0 | 405 (27.00) |
| 1 | 362 (24.13) |
| ≥2 (multimorbidity) | 733 (49.00) |
| ≥3 | 465 (31.00) |
| Sleep | |
| Diagnosis of sleep disorder | 122 (8.21) |
| Sleepiness* | 118 (7.89) |
| Have difficulties in sleeping the night through | 510 (33.89) |
| Sleeping medication | 64 (4.26) |
| Sleep duration | |
| Total sleep duration (n=1170) | |
| <6 hours/night | 60 (5.13%) |
| 6–9 hours/night | 1089 (93.08%) |
| >9 hours/night | 21 (1.79%) |
| Hours when you have to work the next day (n=1152-working) | 6.95±0.97 |
| Hours when you do not work the next day (n=1501) | 7.86±1.30 |
Missing values ranged from 2 to 13 observations.
*Measured with Epworth Sleepiness Scale.