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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2020 Jan 6;16(2):305–315. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.08.191

Table 3.

Associations between sleep characteristics and 7-year cognitive change among middle-aged and older Hispanic/Latinos

Δ B-SEVLT-Sum Δ B-SEVLT-Recall Δ WF Δ DSS Δ SIS

M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2 M1 M2

b/se b/se b/se b/se b/se b/se b/se b/se b/se b/se
Respiratory-Event Index (3% desaturation)
 REI <15 ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
 REI ≥15 −0.025 −0.036 −0.011 −0.028 0.047 0.040 −0.111* −0.090 0.051 0.034
0.056 0.055 0.054 0.053 0.058 0.057 0.054 0.054 0.059 0.060
Epworth sleepiness scale
 <10 ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
 ≥10 −0.052 −0.021 0.016 0.039 −0.077 −0.068 0.006 0.013 0.042 0.038
0.051 0.052 0.051 0.052 0.051 0.052 0.046 0.048 0.052 0.050
Women’s Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale
 No Insomnia ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
 Insomnia −0.045 0.024 −0.094* −0.038 −0.051 −0.007 −0.032 0.003 −0.072 −0.044
0.042 0.046 0.042 0.046 0.045 0.052 0.037 0.041 0.038 0.050
Sleep Duration
 <6 hours −0.007 0.075 −0.136 −0.078 −0.063 −0.055 −0.013 0.021 −0.041 −0.029
0.068 0.068 0.091 0.083 0.066 0.065 0.067 0.067 0.067 0.069
 6–9 hours ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
- -
>9 hours −0.237*** 0.219*** −0.134* −0.126* 0.211** −0.197** −0.002 0.018 −0.163* −0.158**
0.060 0.056 0.062 0.060 0.064 0.063 0.070 0.069 0.066 0.06

Model 1: Adjusted for sex and time lapse between sleep assessment and SOL-INCA visit; Model 2: Model 1 and global vascular risk score, depressive symptoms, report of sleep medication use frequency, and field center; B-SEVLT: Spanish English Verbal Fluency Test; WF: Word Fluency; DSS: Digit Symbol Substitution; SIS: Six Item Screener; REI: Respiratory Event Index. se= standard error