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Table 2 Characteristics of the population by nighttime-daytime sleep patterns

From: Association between nighttime-daytime sleep patterns and chronic diseases in Chinese elderly population: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Short nighttime sleep with daytime napping

Short nighttime sleep without daytime napping

Long nighttime sleep with daytime napping

Long nighttime sleep without daytime napping

P-value

No. subjects (%)

1314

938

1427

1061

 

Age (years)

74.56 (6.89)

73.92 (6.91)

74.17 (7.21)

72.95 (7.09)

< 0.001

Female (%)

715 (56.2)

591 (66.0)

717 (52.0)

521 (50.7)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

24.17 (4.81)

24.12 (3.41)

24.42 (4.24)

28.78 (94.06)

0.055

Physical activity (Met·h/week)

37.88 (113.01)

40.65 (154.42)

33.65 (67.96)

43.41 (233.33)

0.549

Number of family members

2.61 (1.31)

2.54 (1.40)

2.49 (1.15)

2.64 (1.24)

0.014

Family income (yuan, RMB)

7326.32 (15,985.04)

6459.34 (5168.58)

7230.51 (9437.45)

7284.66 (9693.30)

0.344

Smoking status (%)

    

< 0.001

 Non-smoker

1050 (85.4)

758 (85.5)

1091 (81.3)

777 (78.5)

 

 Ex-smoker

94 (7.6)

78 (8.8)

139 (10.4)

124 (12.5)

 

 Current smoker

84 (6.8)

51 (5.7)

112 (8.3)

89 (9.0)

 

Alcohol consumption (%)

    

0.784

 None or < once/month

1144 (89.4)

816 (88.6)

1239 (88.2)

917 (88.1)

 

 Past alcohol drinker (>once/month)

113 (8.8)

88 (9.6)

137 (9.8)

110 (10.6)

 

 Current alcohol drinker (>once/month)

22 (1.7)

17 (1.8)

27 (1.9)

14 (1.3)

 

Any of chronic diseases (%)

965 (85.6)

720 (86.2)

1047 (83.6)

725 (79.8)

0.001

Diabetes (%)

201 (17.0)

162 (18.9)

261 (20.1)

190 (19.8)

0.233

CVD (%)

747 (56.8)

530 (56.5)

813 (57.0)

535 (50.4)

0.003

Dyslipidemia (%)

361 (27.5)

273 (29.1)

393 (27.5)

245 (23.1)

0.014

Cancer (%)

58 (5.1)

35 (4.1)

43 (3.4)

39 (4.2)

0.231

Arthritis (%)

237 (18.0)

152 (16.2)

205 (14.4)

102 (9.6)

< 0.001

  1. Unless indicated otherwise, data are given as the mean ± SD or as number and percentages
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, PAL physical activity level