Reported Hours of Sleep, Diabetes Prevalence and Glucose Control in Jamaican Adults: Analysis from the Jamaica Lifestyle Survey 2007-2008
Table 2
Demographic, anthropometric, lifestyle factor and chronic disease prevalence, with self-reported hours of sleep in Jamaican men.
Characteristics
Hours of sleep
value
<6
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
>10
Age (yrs)
39
45
38
42
43
35
0.91
24.5
24.3
23.7
23.2
23.1
22.6
0.01
Depression (%)
0.0
0.7
0.6
2.8
0.0
0.0
0.16
Poor quality of sleep (%)
29.5
31.5
34.5
39.7
42.5
33.9
0.40
Diabetes (%)
All
10.0
10.3
7.4
4.9
12.6
19.6
0.06
Established
6.0
8.9
5.7
2.8
8.0
10.7
Newly diagnosed
4.0
1.4
1.7
2.1
4.6
8.9
Hypertension (%)a
6.0
8.9
5.7
2.1
8.1
10.7
0.05
Family history of diabetes (%)
2.8
9.2
10.3
10.1
10.8
8.9
0.82
Highest level of education (%)
Primary/junior high
34.7
47.6
39.8
44.3
50.6
50.0
0.12
Secondary
42.9
33.8
44.9
42.1
36.5
41.1
Post-secondary
22.5
18.6
15.3
13.6
12.9
8.9
Alcohol use (%)a
Nondrinkers
10.7
20.6
20.9
24.1
20.7
30.4
0.02
Drinkers
89.3
79.5
79.1
75.9
79.3
69.6
Smoker (%)
67.1
63.9
68.3
71.1
71.1
65.4
0.97
Physical activity (%)
High
46.3
49.3
55.4
44.0
36.8
41.1
0.09
Medium
20.1
24.0
19.8
28.4
27.6
17.9
Low/Inactive
33.6
26.7
24.9
27.7
35.6
41.1
Median values presented unless otherwise stated. aindicates there is a significant difference () between the self-reported sleep categories using non-parametric test for trend of continuous variables or chi square statistic for categorical variables.
