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. 2021 Oct 6;191(9):1532–1539. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab246

Table 2.

Characteristics and Environmental Exposures Associated With Sleep (n = 51,562), California Teachers Study Cohort, California, United States, 2012–2015

Sleep Duration <7 Hours Sleep Latency >15 Minutes
Characteristic Age-Adjusted OR 95% CI Age-Adjusted OR 95% CI
Light at night, 5 mcd/m2 1.35 1.29, 1.41 1.02 0.98, 1.07
Noise, 10 dB 1.03 0.98, 1.08 1.05 1.01, 1.10
Green space, 0.1 EVI units 0.16 0.11, 0.22 0.57 0.43, 0.76
PM2.5 air pollution, 5 μg/m3 1.13 1.10, 1.16 1.04 1.01, 1.06
Chronotype
 Early 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 More early 0.79 0.74, 0.84 1.13 1.07, 1.19
 Neither 0.87 0.82, 0.93 1.24 1.17, 1.31
 More late 0.84 0.79, 0.90 1.48 1.40, 1.56
 Late 1.22 1.15, 1.29 1.65 1.56, 1.74
Race/ethnicity, non-Hispanic White vs. other 2.08 1.96, 2.19 1.15 1.09, 1.21
Self-reported use of sleep medication, never vs. ever 1.55 1.59, 1.62 2.82 2.71, 2.94
Self-reported trouble sleeping, never vs. ever 2.79 2.64, 2.96 4.25 4.06, 4.46

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; dB, decibel; EVI, enhanced vegetation index; mcd, millicandela; OR, odds ratio; PM2.5, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm.