Linking Sleep to Hypertension: Greater Risk for Blacks
Table 4
Multivariate-adjusted logistic regression analysis indicating odds ratios (ORs) for the presence of hypertension associated with short/long sleep duration among black and white participants.
Variables
Short sleep (<6 hours)
Long sleep (>8 hours)
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Lower
Upper
Lower
Upper
Sleep duration*race/ethnicity (categorized)
0.001
0.95
0.71
1.28
<0.001
1.03
0.74
1.45
Age
<0.001
1.05
1.02
1.21
<0.001
1.04
1.01
1.09
Sex (reference: male)
0.001
0.87
0.80
0.96
0.01
0.89
0.81
0.97
Income (reference: <$35,000)
0.004
0.90
0.82
1.00
0.17
0.94
0.85
1.03
Education (reference: high school)
0.001
1.21*
1.05
1.39
0.08
1.13*
0.99
1.30
Obesity (reference: nonobese)
<0.001
2.38*
2.17
2.62
<0.001
2.45*
2.23
2.69
Alcohol (reference: never)
0.34
1.07
0.93
1.22
0.68
1.03
0.91
1.16
Smoking (reference: never)
0.001
1.12*
1.02
1.22
<0.001
1.17*
1.07
1.28
Activity (reference: no physical activity)
0.74
1.02
0.93
1.12
0.62
1.02
0.93
1.13
Emotional distress (reference: None)
<0.001
1.83*
1.35
2.48
<0.001
1.97*
1.43
2.70
Diabetes (reference: none)
<0.001
3.15*
2.69
3.70
<0.001
3.41*
2.95
3.93
Coronary heart disease (reference: none)
<0.001
2.06*
1.76
2.42
<0.001
2.03*
1.74
2.36
Stroke (reference: none)
<0.001
2.09*
1.59
2.74
<0.001
1.97*
1.48
2.62
Variables contributing significantly to the relationship.
