Research Article

The Relationship between Insufficient Sleep and Self-Rated Health in a Nationally Representative Sample

Table 5

Association between insufficient rest/sleep and poor SRH, by BMI.

Categories of insufficient rest/sleepNo. at riskNo. with poor SRHUnadjusted odds ratio (95% confidence intervals)Multivariable odds ratio
(95% confidence intervals)*

Normal weight
(BMI <25 kg/m2)
13452919836
 0 days4937373831 (referent)1 (referent)
 1–6 days3953233460.53 (.48–.58) 0.92 (.82–1.02)
 7–13 days141001779 0.82 (.73–.92) 1.52 (1.31–1.76)
 14–20 days151002697 1.12 (1.01–1.25) 2.03 (1.78–2.33)
 21–29 days40338221.32 (1.13–1.55)2.27 (1.88–2.73)
 30 days1239138092.40 (2.18–2.66)2.85 (2.50–3.24)

P-trend<0.0001<0.0001

Overweight/Obese (BMI >25 kg/m2)24263150942
 0 days85223161871 (referent)1 (referent)
 1–6 days6702888440.70 (.66–.75)1.09 (1.01–1.17)
 7–13 days256514801 0.92 (.85–.99) 1.43 (1.31–1.57)
 14–20 days296817883 1.45 (1.35–1.54) 2.15 (1.98–2.33)
 21–29 days811924021.60 (1.44–1.77)2.35 (2.07–2.66)
 30 days26929108252.53 (2.38–2.68)2.66 (2.46–2.87)

P-trend<0.0001<0.0001

*Adjusted for sex (men, women), age (years), race-ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, other), education categories (<high school, high school, >high school), (employed, unemployed, retired, unable to work, homemaker, student), income category (quintiles), marital status, smoker (never, former, current), heavy drinker (no, yes), no regular exercise (yes, no), body mass index categories (<25, 25–29, ≥30 kg/m2), CVD (no, yes), depression (no, yes), and anxiety (no, yes).