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Table 1 Baseline demographics among patients with low, medium and high aMED

From: Sleep disorder, Mediterranean diet, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study

 

Total

aMED ( Above Median)

aMED (Median)

aMED (Below Median)

P

 

Score 4–9

Score 3

Score 0–2

Number of subjects

23,212

13,208

5032

4972

 

Age (year)

46.6 (46.0 ,47.2)

47.7 (46.9 ,48.4)

45.6 (44.8 ,46.4)

44.8 (44.0 ,45.6)

< 0.0001

Female

52.5 (51.7 ,53.2)

52.3 (51.2 ,53.4)

51.7 (49.9 ,53.5)

53.9 (51.9 ,55.8)

0.2433

Race

    

< 0.0001

Mexican American

9.9 (8.4 ,11.7)

7.4 (6.0 ,9.2)

6.1 (4.7 ,7.9)

9.9 (8.4 ,11.7)

 

Non-Hispanic White

67.6 (64.5 ,70.5)

69.0 (65.3 ,72.4)

70.8 (66.9 ,74.5)

67.6 (64.5 ,70.5)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

9.6 (8.3 ,11.2)

13.7 (11.6 ,16.0)

14.6 (12.4 ,17.1)

9.6 (8.3 ,11.2)

 

Other Hispanic

5.0 (4.1 ,6.1)

5.2 (4.0 ,6.6)

4.3 (3.1 ,5.8)

5.0 (4.1 ,6.1)

 

Other Race

7.9 (6.8 ,9.1)

4.8 (4.0 ,5.8)

4.2 (3.3 ,5.3)

7.9 (6.8 ,9.1)

 

Family PIR

3.0 (2.9 ,3.1)

3.2 (3.1 ,3.3)

2.9 (2.7 ,3.0)

2.5 (2.4 ,2.6)

 

Educational level

    

< 0.0001

Below high school

16.7 (15.3 ,18.1)

14.3 (12.9 ,15.8)

18.1 (16.3 ,19.9)

21.9 (19.5 ,24.5)

 

High school Graduate

22.8 (21.6 ,24.0)

19.0 (17.8 ,20.4)

26.5 (24.3 ,28.8)

29.2 (27.1 ,31.3)

 

College Graduate or above

60.5 (58.4 ,62.6)

66.7 (64.5 ,68.8)

55.4 (52.6 ,58.2)

48.9 (46.1 ,51.7)

 

Marital status

    

< 0.0001

Married

55.7 (54.0 ,57.4)

60.1 (58.3 ,61.9)

52.9 (50.2 ,55.6)

46.5 (43.8 ,49.3)

 

Divorced/Separated/Widowed/Never married

36.9 (35.3 ,38.5)

33.8 (32.1 ,35.4)

38.2 (35.7 ,40.9)

44.0 (41.3 ,46.7)

 

Living with partner

7.4 (6.8 ,8.0)

6.1 (5.5 ,6.8)

8.8 (7.6 ,10.2)

9.5 (8.3 ,10.8)

 

BMI

28.8 (28.6 ,29.0)

28.3 (28.1 ,28.6)

29.3 (29.0 ,29.7)

29.5 (29.2 ,29.8)

< 0.0001

SBP

121.4 (121.0 ,121.9)

121.1 (120.6 ,121.7)

121.6 (121.0 ,122.3)

122.2 (121.5 ,122.9)

0.0175

DBP

70.4 (69.9 ,70.8)

70.3 (69.9 ,70.8)

70.5 (69.9 ,71.0)

70.4 (69.8 ,71.0)

0.8573

Smoking

45.7 (43.9 ,47.5)

35.7 (33.5 ,38.1)

51.6 (48.6 ,54.7)

60.7 (57.8 ,63.5)

< 0.0001

CHF

2.4 (2.1 ,2.7)

2.2 (1.8 ,2.7)

2.6 (2.1 ,3.2)

2.6 (2.2 ,3.1)

0.2323

CHD

3.3 (2.9 ,3.7)

3.3 (2.8 ,3.9)

3.1 (2.5 ,3.8)

3.5 (2.9 ,4.1)

0.7118

Stroke

2.8 (2.5 ,3.2)

2.3 (2.0 ,2.7)

2.9 (2.3 ,3.6)

4.2 (3.5 ,4.9)

< 0.0001

Diabetes mellitus

12.4 (11.7 ,13.2)

11.7 (10.9 ,12.6)

13.8 (12.3 ,15.4)

12.9 (12.0 ,14.0)

0.0146

Hypertension

40.1 (38.7 ,41.4)

39.4 (37.8 ,41.1)

40.0 (37.8 ,42.3)

41.9 (39.9 ,44.0)

0.1172

Sleep disorder

8.5 (7.9 ,9.0)

7.7 (7.0 ,8.3)

8.7 (7.6 ,10.0)

10.5 (9.1 ,11.9)

0.0003

Sleep hours at night

6.9 (6.9 ,6.9)

7.0 (7.0 ,7.0)

6.9 (6.8 ,6.9)

6.8 (6.7 ,6.9)

< 0.0001

TG (mmol/L)

1.5 (1.4 ,1.5)

1.4 (1.4 ,1.5)

1.5 (1.5 ,1.6)

1.5 (1.5 ,1.6)

0.0077

TC (mmol/L)

5.1 (5.0 ,5.1)

5.1 (5.0 ,5.1)

5.1 (5.0 ,5.1)

5.1 (5.0 ,5.1)

0.697

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.4 (1.4 ,1.4)

1.4 (1.4 ,1.4)

1.3 (1.3 ,1.4)

1.3 (1.3 ,1.3)

< 0.0001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.0 (2.9 ,3.0)

3.0 (2.9 ,3.0)

3.0 (2.9 ,3.1)

3.0 (2.9 ,3.0)

0.3511

Fasting Glucose (mmol/L)

5.8 (5.8 ,5.9)

5.8 (5.7 ,5.9)

5.9 (5.8 ,6.0)

5.8 (5.7 ,5.9)

0.1823

HbA1c, %

5.6 (5.5 ,5.6)

5.6 (5.5 ,5.6)

5.6 (5.6 ,5.6)

5.6 (5.5 ,5.6)

0.1507

HOMA-IR

3.6 (3.5 ,3.8)

3.5 (3.2 ,3.7)

3.7 (3.4 ,3.9)

4.0 (3.7 ,4.2)

0.0601

eGFR, mL/min

98.8 (98.0 ,99.6)

99.0 (98.1 ,100.0)

98.6 (97.1 ,100.0)

98.1 (97.0 ,99.3)

0.3393

  1. aMED, alternative Mediterranean diet; PIR, poverty income ratio; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic pressure; DBP, diastolic pressure; CHF, congestive heart failure; CHD, coronary heart disease; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate. Data are presented as mean (95% CI) or percentage (95% CI). For continuous variables, p value was by survey-weighted linear regression (svyglm). For categorical variables, p value was by survey-weighted Chi-square test (svytable)