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. 2021 Feb 22;17:21. doi: 10.1186/s13223-021-00516-7

Table 2.

Sleep characteristics of participants with asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema, column %

Characteristics (N) Asthma Allergic rhinitis Eczema
% OR (95% CI) p p* % OR (95% CI) p p* % OR (95% CI) p p*
Sleep problem
 Difficulty in falling asleep
  Yes (2910) 55.9 0.92 (0.71–1.20) 0.55 0.84 56.6 0.85 (0.71–1.01) 0.07 0.12 63.4 1.19 (0.98–1.46) 0.09 0.18
  No (2022) 44.1 Ref. 43.4 Ref. 36.6 Ref.
 Difficulty in maintaining sleep
  Yes (3342) 69.8 1.23 (0.93–1.63) 0.14 0.35 73.4 1.36 (1.12–1.65) 0.002 0.008 75.8 1.73 (1.38–2.17) < 0.001 < 0.001
  No (1590) 30.2 Ref. 26.6 Ref. 24.2 Ref.
 Difficulty in reinitializing sleep
  Yes (2117) 44.7 1.08 (0.83–1.40) 0.56 0.84 45.6 1.19 (1.00–1.42) 0.06 0.12 51.9 1.62 (1.33–1.97) < 0.001 < 0.001
  No (2815) 55.3 Ref. 54.4 Ref. 48.1 Ref.
 Difficulty in returning to wakefulness
  Yes (4341) 86.1 0.89 (0.62–1.28) 0.54 0.84 80.4 1.20 (0.92–1.57) 0.19 0.26 90.0 1.44 (1.04–1.98) 0.03 0.04
  No (591) 13.9 Ref. 11.6 Ref. 10.0 Ref.
 Sleep-disordered breathing
  Yes (694) 22.6 1.93 (1.38–2.70) < 0.001 < 0.001 20.4 1.96 (1.55–2.48)  < 0.001  < 0.001 17.4 1.67 (1.24–2.13) < 0.001 < 0.001
  No (4238) 77.4 Ref. 79.6 Ref. 82.6 Ref.
 Disorders of arousal
  Yes (1271) 25.9 1.07 (0.79–1.44) 0.67 0.92 28.3 1.21 (0.99–1.48) 0.06 0.12 33.7 1.60 (1.30–1.98) < 0.001 < 0.001
  No (3661) 74.1 Ref. 71.7 Ref. 66.3 Ref.
Sleep hygiene
 Sleep physiology
  Bad (1171) 28.9 1.65 (1.24–2.20) 0.001 0.008 28.2 1.40 (1.14–1.72) 0.001 0.008 31.5 1.69 (1.36–2.10) < 0.001 < 0.001
  Good (3701) 71.1 Ref. 71.8 Ref. 68.5 Ref.
 Sleep cognition
  Bad (994) 24.4 1.43 (1.05–1.95) 0.02 0.11 22.5 1.20 (0.96–1.50) 0.11 0.16 28.1 1.81 (1.44–2.27) < 0.001 < 0.001
  Good (3822) 75.6 Ref. 77.5 Ref. 71.9 Ref.
 Sleep emotion
  Bad (1018) 23.8 1.23 (0.89–1.69) 0.21 0.45 24.5 1.40 (1.13–1.73) 0.002 0.008 27.9 1.79 (1.43–2.24)  < 0.001  < 0.001
  Good (3890) 76.2 Ref. 75.5 Ref. 72.1 Ref.
 Sleep environment
  Bad (914) 21.1 1.39 (1.01–1.91) 0.04 0.13 20.5 1.26 (1.00–1.57) 0.05 0.12 24.8 1.48 (1.16–1.88) 0.001 0.002
  Good (3993) 78.9 Ref. 79.5 Ref. 75.2 Ref.
 Sleep stability
 Bad (1008) 25.1 1.41 (1.04–1.91) 0.03 0.11 22.3 1.21 (0.98–1.51) 0.08 0.14 24.8 1.46 (1.15–1.84) 0.002 0.003
 Good (3796) 74.9 Ref. 77.7 Ref. 75.2 Ref.
Sleep duration
 Nighttime sleep duration in weekday
  < 8 h/day (2466) 50.3 0.96 (0.57–1.61) 0.87 0.94 50.8 0.96 (0.67–1.37) 0.82 0.88 54.2 1.40 (0.91–2.16) 0.13 0.14
  8–9 h/day (2060) 43.1 0.96 (0.57–1.63) 0.89 0.94 42.5 0.92 (0.65–1.32) 0.66 0.77 40.4 1.12 (0.73–1.74) 0.60 0.64
  > 9 h/day (307) 6.5 Ref. 6.7 Ref. 5,4 Ref.
 Nighttime sleep duration on weekend
  < 8 h/day (468) 9.4 1.05 (0.66–1.67) 0.84 0.94 9.6 1.00 (0.72–1.38) 1.00 1.00 11.3 1.44 (1.04–1.99) 0.03 0.04
  8–9 h/day (1970) 41.0 0.99 (0.75–1.30) 0.94 0.94 40.7 0.94 (0.78–1.13) 0.49 0.61 40.5 1.03 (0.83–1.27) 0.79 0.79
  > 9 h/day (2369) 49.6 Ref. 49.6 Ref. 48.1 Ref.

aStatistically significant results (p < 0.05) are in italics

*p value corrected