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. 2021 Sep 11;1:100008. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepe.2021.100008

Table 3.

Sleeping duration according to the NSF guidelines.

Age category Sex Shorter TSTN (%) Recommended TSTN (%) Longer TSTN (%) Total p-value
Overall 183 (17.8) 557 (54.1) 290 (28.2)
60 – 69 years Male 77 (14.3) 299 (55.7) 161 (30.0) 537 (100.0) 0.489
Female 46 (17.4) 146 (55.1) 73 (27.5) 265 (100.0)
70–79 years Male 20 (19.4) 57 (55.3) 26 (25.2) 103 (100.0) 0.285
Female 21 (29.6) 36 (50.7) 14 (19.7) 71 (100.0)
≥80 years Male 15 (44.1) 9 (26.5) 10 (29.4) 34 (100.0) 0.135
Female 4 (20.0) 10 (50.0) 6 (30.0) 20 (100.0)