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. 2019 May 28;156(5):852–863. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.04.132

Table 4.

Sleep Quality and the Risk of Exacerbation Excluding Individuals With Self-Reported Asthma (Negative Binomial Model)

Baseline Variable Incidence of Symptom-based Exacerbation
Incidence of Event-based Exacerbation
Univariable
Multivariable
Univariable
Multivariable
RR (95% CI) P Value RR (95% CI) P Value RR (95% CI) P Value RR (95% CI) P Value
Patients with COPD (n = 321)
 Global PSQI Score (/2 points) 1.10 (0.97-1.25) .12 1.16 (1.02-1.31) .02a 1.04 (0.88-1.22) .66 1.10 (0.94-1.28) .23
 Factor 1: Sleep Efficiency (/1 point) 1.06 (0.81-1.38) .69 1.18 (0.91-1.53) .21 0.92 (0.64-1.32) .65 1.08 (0.78-1.50) .64
 Factor 2: Sleep Quality (/1 point) 1.14 (0.82-1.59) .44 1.24 (0.90-1.72) .18 1.03 (0.67-1.59) .90 1.11 (0.74-1.67) .61
 Factor 3: Daily Disturbance (/1 point) 2.10 (1.35-3.27) .001a 2.23 (1.46-3.40) < .001a 1.76 (1.01-3.07) .046a 2.03 (1.19-3.46) .01a
 Poor sleeper, yes vs no 1.55 (1.03-2.33) .04a 1.67 (1.12-2.48) .01a 1.18 (0.69-2.02) .54 1.33 (0.80-2.20) .27
Physician-diagnosed COPD (n = 72)
 Global PSQI Score (/2 points) 0.95 (0.80-1.13) .55 1.24 (0.96-1.60) .10 0.78 (0.62-0.99) .04a 0.87 (0.61-1.25) .46
 Factor 1: Sleep Efficiency (/1 point) 0.96 (0.65-1.44) .86 1.42 (0.92-2.18) .11 0.63 (0.35-1.13) .12 1.00 (0.53-1.86) .99
 Factor 2: Sleep Quality (/1 point) 0.70 (0.44-1.11) .13 1.24 (0.63-2.44) .53 0.45 (0.25-0.84) .01a 0.58 (0.23-1.50) .26
 Factor 3: Daily Disturbance (/1 point) 1.64 (0.85-3.16) .14 1.80 (0.74-4.38) .20 1.14 (0.49-2.67) .76 0.90 (0.30-2.70) .85
 Poor sleeper, yes vs no 0.83 (0.46-1.51) .55 1.88 (0.83-4.25) .13 0.46 (0.21-0.98) .04a 0.78 (0.27-2.23) .64
Nonphysician-diagnosed COPD (n = 249)
 Global PSQI Score (/2 points) 1.20 (1.02-1.42) .03a 1.24 (0.96-1.60) .10 1.27 (1.02-1.58) .03a 1.27 (1.03-1.57) .03a
 Factor 1: Sleep Efficiency (/1 point) 1.12 (0.80-1.58) .50 1.42 (0.92-2.18) .11 1.19 (0.76-1.88) .45 1.19 (0.75-1.89) .46
 Factor 2: Sleep Quality (/1 point) 1.46 (0.94-2.29) .10 1.24 (0.63-2.44) .53 1.78 (1.00-3.19) .051 1.66 (0.95-2.91) .08
 Factor 3: Daily Disturbance (/1 point) 2.40 (1.37-4.22) .002a 1.80 (0.74-4.38) .20 2.39 (1.18-4.84) .02a 3.08 (1.52-6.22) .002a
 Poor sleeper, yes vs no 2.11 (1.25-3.56) .005a 1.88 (0.83-4.25) .13 2.27 (1.12-4.59) .02a 1.98 (0.97-4.02) .06

Multivariable analyses adjusted for baseline age, sex, BMI, current smoking, angina, major depression, any inhaled respiratory medications, baseline FEV1 percent predicted, and mMRC. See Table 1 and 3 legends for expansion of abbreviations.

a

Statistically significant at P < .05.