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. 2020 Jan 2;20:2. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1408-4

Table 3.

Association between daytime napping and five components of successful aging among the total population and stratified by the nighttime sleep duration groups

Low probability of disease

TOTAL

OR (95%CI)

Nighttime sleep duration (per night)

< 6 h

OR (95%CI)

6 to less than 8 h

OR (95%CI)

≥8 h

OR (95%CI)

Daytime napping (per day)
 0 min 1 1 1 1
 1–60 min 0.776 (0.686–0.878) 0.818 (0.666–1.004) 0.740 (0.599–0.916) 0.753 (0.598–0.949)
  > 60 min 0.761 (0.651–0.889) 0.770 (0.581–1.020) 0.720 (0.548–0.947) 0.759 (0.582–0.988)
No disease-related disability

TOTAL

OR (95%CI)

Nighttime sleep duration (per night)

< 6 h

OR (95%CI)

6 to less than 8 h

OR (95%CI)

≥8 h

OR (95%CI)

Daytime napping (per day)
 0 min 1 1 1 1
 1–60 min 0.848 (0.674–1.067) 0.931 (0.675–1.285) 0.746 (0.462–1.203) 0.730 (0.448–1.188)
  > 60 min 0.595 (0.455–0.777) 0.859 (0.558–1.324) 0.355 (0.213–0.591) 0.581 (0.345–0.980)
High cognitive functioning

TOTAL

OR (95%CI)

Nighttime sleep duration (per night)

< 6 h

OR (95%CI)

6 to less than 8 h

OR (95%CI)

≥8 h

OR (95%CI)

Daytime napping (per day)
 0 min 1 1 1 1
 1–60 min 1.233 (1.063–1.430) 1.608 (1.257–2.056) 1.187 (0.918–1.535) 0.925 (0.699–1.223)
  > 60 min 1.062 (0.883–1.277) 1.226 (0.880–1.707) 0.875 (0.634–1.209) 1.060 (0.774–1.452)
High physical functioning

TOTAL

OR (95%CI)

Nighttime sleep duration (per night)

< 6 h

OR (95%CI)

6 to less than 8 h

OR (95%CI)

≥8 h

OR (95%CI)

Daytime napping (per day)
 0 min 1 1 1 1
 1–60 min 0.927 (0.794–1.083) 1.023 (0.808–1.295) 0.783 (0.585–1.049) 0.952 (0.704–1.287)
  > 60 min 0.775 (0.640–0.937) 0.870 (0.632–1.196) 0.573 (0.405–0.811) 0.881 (0.627–1.238)
Active engagement with life

TOTAL

OR (95%CI)

Nighttime sleep duration (per night)

< 6 h

OR (95%CI)

6 to less than 8 h

OR (95%CI)

≥8 h

OR (95%CI)

Daytime napping (per day)
 0 min 1 1 1 1
 1–60 min 1.183 (1.044–1.339) 1.246 (1.014–1.530) 1.091 (0.880–1.353) 1.200 (0.949–1.519)
  > 60 min 1.120 (0.958–1.310) 1.223 (0.923–1.619) 0.880 (0.667–1.159) 1.300(0.993–1.700)

aBold values indicate statistical significance

bBMI was not adjusted in the “low probability of disease” since obesity was regarded as a risk factor that was included in the dependent variable