Research Article

Markers of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Prediabetes in US Adults

Table 2

Association between sleep variables and prediabetes.

Sleep variablesNumber at risk (% prediabetes)Age, sex adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)Multivariable-adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI)

Sleep duration (hours)
 ≤5 hrs840 (35.2)1.40 (1.15–1.71)1.19 (0.97–1.46)
 6 hrs1332 (34.0)1.23 (1.03–1.47)1.17 (0.96–1.42)
 7 hrs1676 (30.0)1 (referent)1 (referent)
 8 hrs1485 (29.0)0.95 (0.78–1.15)0.94 (0.77–1.14)
 ≥9 hrs352 (30.8)1.13 (0.71–1.81)1.06 (0.64–1.74)

P-trend0.0050.07

Frequency of snoring
 Never or rarely2860 (25.8)1 (referent)1 (referent)
 Occasionally1072 (33.8)1.39 (1.17–1.64)1.24 (1.04–1.47)
 Frequently1753 (38.5)1.55 (1.33–1.82)1.21 (1.02–1.43)

P-trend<0.00010.02

Frequency of snorting
 Never or rarely5034 (29.9)1 (referent)1 (referent)
 Occasionally341 (41.5)1.42 (1.05–1.92)1.24 (0.92–1.68)
 Frequently310 (42.4)1.51 (1.12–2.04)1.22 (0.91–1.63)

P-trend0.0010.07

Frequency of daytime sleepiness
 Never or rarely3287 (32.0)1 (referent)1 (referent)
 Sometimes1482 (30.3)1.01 (0.84–1.22)1.00 (0.82–1.21)
 Often and almost always916 (30.9)1.17 (0.98–1.39)1.11 (0.92–1.33)

P-trend0.140.37

Sleep summary score
 02146 (25.8)1 (referent)1 (referent)
 12228 (33.1)1.34 (1.14–1.57)1.14 (0.96–1.35)
 2974 (35.4)1.46 (1.21–1.76)1.18 (0.97–1.43)
 ≥3337 (44.2)2.32 (1.78–3.04)1.69 (1.28–2.22)

P-trend<0.00010.0007

*Adjusted for age (years), sex (men, women), race-ethnicity (non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Mexican Americans, others), education (<high school, high school, >high school), smoking (never, former, current), current alcohol consumption (absent, present), moderate physical activity (times/week), BMI (kg/m2), depression (absent, present), systolic BP (mm Hg), CRP (mg/dL), and total cholesterol (mg/dL).