Research Article

Sleep Duration and Breast Cancer Phenotype

Table 1

Patient characteristics by category of average hours of sleep.

All ( )Less than 6 hours of sleep/night ( )6 to less than 7 hours of sleep/night ( )7 or more hours of sleep per night ( )

Age, mean (SD)58.0 (11.4)57.8 (11.0)57.3 (11.1)58.4 (11.6)0.44
Postmenopausal, (%)0.87
 Yes817 (84.1%)88 (10.8%)190 (23.3%)539 (66.0%)
 No155 (16.0%)17 (11.0%)33 (21.3%)105 (67.7%)
Race, (%)<0.0001
 Caucasian831 (85.5%)74 (70.5%)183 (82.1%)574 (89.1%)
 African American126 (13.0%)28 (26.7%)37 (16.6%)61 (9.5%)
 Other15 (1.5%)3 (2.9%)3 (1.4%)9 (1.4%)
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD)28.1 (6.5)29.4 (7.1)28.7 (7.3)27.7 (6.1)0.015
Physical activity per week, hours, mean (SD)4.0 (4.1)3.6 (4.6)4.1 (4.3)4.0 (3.9)0.55
Current alcohol use, (%)<0.0001
 Yes473 (48.7%)30 (71.4%)91 (40.8%)352 (54.7%)
 No499 (51.3%)75 (28.6%)132 (59.2%)292 (45.3%)
Current HRT user, (%)0.63
 Yes143 (14.7%)16 (15.2%)37 (16.6%)90 (14.0%)
 No829 (85.3%)89 (84.8%)186 (83.4%)554 (86.0%)
Stage, (%)0.30
 0 (DCIS)199 (20.5%)24 (22.9%)46 (20.6%)129 (20.0%)
 1395 (40.6%)37 (35.2%)79 (35.4%)279 (43.3%)
 2278 (28.6%)31 (29.5%)68 (30.5%)179 (27.8%)
 362 (6.4%)8 (7.6%)21 (9.4%)33 (5.1%)
 421 (2.2%)3 (2.9%)5 (2.2%)13 (2.0%)
 Missing17 (1.7%)2 (1.9%)4 (1.8%)11 (1.7%)
Grade, (%)0.40
 1145 (14.9%)10 (9.5%)30 (13.5%)105 (16.3%)
 2309 (31.8%)35 (33.3%)68 (30.4%)206 (32.0%)
 3209 (21.5%)23 (21.9%)53 (23.8%)133 (20.7%)
 Missing309 (31.8%)37 (35.2%)72 (32.3%)200 (31.1%)
ER status0.0064
 Positive734 (75.5%)83 (79.0%)155 (69.5%)496 (77.0%)
 Negative173 (17.8%)15 (14.3%)56 (25.1%)105 (16.3%)
 Unknown/not done/missing65 (6.7%)7 (6.7%)12 (5.4%)46 (7.1%)
HER2 status0.38
 Positive135 (13.9%)17 (16.2%)34 (15.2%)84 (13.0%)
 Negative599 (61.6%)57 (54.3%)135 (60.5%)407 (63.2%)
 Unknown/not done/missing238 (24.5%)31 (29.5%)54 (24.2%)153 (23.8%)

value of ANOVA (for continuous variables) or chi-square (for categorical variables) test; HRT: hormone replacement therapy.