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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants according to difficulty initiating sleep categories, 1999–2004, HIPOP-OHP, Japan

From: Relation between sleep quality and quantity, quality of life, and risk of developing diabetes in healthy workers in Japan: the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion (HIPOP-OHP) Study

 

Difficulty initiating sleeping

 

Non

Sometimes

Often

No. of subjects (%)

3993 (61.3)

1996 (30.7)

520 (8.0)

Age *

38.4 ± 9.5

38.3 ± 9.5

36.2 ± 9.5

Gender (male, %)

77.7

78.6

83.0

BMI (kg/m2) † ‡

22.7 ± 0.05

22.7 ± 0.07

22.8 ± 0.14

Physical activity (MET-h/week) † §

5.5 ± 0.17

4.3 ± 0.24

5.1 ± 0.46

History of hypercholesterolemia (%)

7.5

7.8

8.4

History of hypertension (%)

11.8

13.1

13.6

Smoking (%)

   

   Never

44.4

37.1

30.0

   Past

15.9

12.6

14.1

   Current

39.7

50.3

55.9

Family history of diabetes (%)

18.2

19.1

17.8

Sleeping time (hours) (%)

   

   <6

14.3

16.9

30.3

   6–7

41.9

44.6

42.4

   7–8

34.3

31.6

21.9

   8<

9.5

6.9

5.4

Alcohol intake quartiles (%)

   

   1Q (0 mg/week)

44.2

44.6

46.0

   2Q (0.1–2.5 mg/week)

1.4

1.2

1.0

   3Q (2.6–25.0 mg/week)

23.8

23.1

19.0

   4Q (25.1-mg/week)

22.2

21.0

24.5

   Data missing

8.4

10.1

9.5

  1. * Plus-minus values are means ± SD
  2. † Plus-minus values are means ± SE
  3. ‡ BMI denotes body mass index
  4. § MET-h denotes metabolic equivalent hours