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. 2019 Aug 22;9(8):e028684. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028684

Table 4.

The joint effect of insomnia symptoms and BMI on risk of fibromyalgia at 11-year follow-up.

BMI No insomnia symptoms Insomnia symptoms*
No. of persons No. of cases Multi-adjusted†
RR (95% CI)
No. of persons No. of cases Multi-adjusted†
RR (95% CI)
 Normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) 5818 136 1.00 (reference) 1125 52 1.64 (1.20 to 2.25)
 Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) 4336 138 1.35 (1.07 to 1.70) 889 56 2.35 (1.73 to 3.21)
 Obese (≥30 kg/m2) 1621 60 1.55 (1.14 to 2.10) 383 24 2.18 (1.42 to 3.35)

*Participants were classified to have insomnia symptoms if they answered ‘Often/always’ on one of the questions about ‘Problems falling asleep’ and ‘Waking up too early’ or ‘Yes’ on the question about ‘Impaired work ability due to sleep problems’.

†Adjusted for age (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69 and ≥70 years), leisure time physical activity (high activity, moderate activity and low activity), education (primary school, high school, college ≤4 years, college ≥4 years and unknown), The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (no depression and no anxiety, depression and/or anxiety, and unknown) and smoking (never, former, current smoker and unknown).

BMI, body mass index; RR, risk ratio.