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Table 1 Individual-level characteristics by sleep duration from NHANES (2015–2018) sample of US adults with hypertension a

From: Factors associated with habitual sleep duration in US adults with hypertension: a cross-sectional study of the 2015–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Characteristics

 

Sleep duration

 

Overall

Short

Adequate

Long

P-value

Total, n (%)

5660 (100%)

1444 (23.6)

3495 (65.7)

721 (10.7)

 

Sex, %

 Male,

2927 (52.1)

60.0

51.3

39.7

<  0.001

 Female

2733 (47.9)

40.0

48.7

60.3

Age, mean years (SE)

56.1 (0.4)

53.7 (0.5)

56.2 (0.5)

60.4 (0.8)

 

Age category, %

 18–44

1159 (23.8)

26.3

23.6

18.9

< 0.001

 45–64

2356 (43.7)

51.8

42.5

33.3

 65 and above

2145 (32.5)

21.9

33.9

47.8

Comorbidities, %

 Heart disease

763 (11.4)

12.3

10.4

15.5

0.073

 Stroke

361 (5.1)

4.5

4.6

9.6

<  0.001

 COPD or asthma

847 (14.4)

15.3

13.1

20.1

0.006

 Arthritis

2365 (41.8)

40.6

40.7

50.9

0.005

 Diabetes mellitus

1547 (22.1)

22.8

20.6

30.1

0.015

 Chronic kidney disease

745 (11.2)

9.5

10.4

20.1

<  0.001

Depressive symptoms, %

 Minimal or none

3933 (74.7)

71.7

77.7

62.4

<  0.001

 Mild

890 (16.5)

16.9

15.4

22.6

 Moderate

296 (5.8)

7.5

4.7

8.7

 Moderately severe to severe

184 (3.0)

3.9

2.2

6.3

Help-seeking for sleeping difficulty, %

1859 (37.2)

41.0

35.5

39.8

0.066

BMI category, %

  < 25

1109 (18.1)

17.2

18.1

20.2

0.439

 25 - < 30

1755 (30.5)

29.2

31.0

30.7

 30 - < 35

1349 (25.7)

25.0

25.9

26.6

 35 - < 40

737 (13.8)

14.5

14.1

10.9

  ≥ 40

620 (11.8)

14.1

10.9

11.7

Smoking status, %

 Never smoker

3066 (52.8)

50.6

54.2

48.9

<  0.001

 Current smoker

1005 (17.2)

22.1

14.7

21.3

 Former smoker

1583 (30.0)

27.3

31.1

29.8

Alcohol intake, %

 None

1973 (29.4)

29.8

27.6

39.2

0.001

 Moderate

1827 (38.6)

35.8

40.4

34.4

 Heavy

1457 (32.0)

34.4

32.0

26.4

Physical activity level, %

 Sufficient

642 (11.7)

10.3

12.4

10.6

<  0.001

 None

1770 (26.2)

26.0

24.3

38.6

 Low

803 (13.7)

10.6

15.0

12.8

 High

2445 (48.3)

53.1

48.3

38.0

  1. Abbreviations: SE standard error, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index
  2. aData are expressed as an unweighted number of participants and weighted percentages and means