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Table 1 Characteristics of men and women, with and without EDS*

From: Excessive daytime sleepiness and falls among older men and women: cross-sectional examination of a population-based sample

 

Women

Men

 

All

No EDS

EDS*

p

All

No EDS

EDS*

p

 

N = 367

n = 317

n = 50

 

N = 451

n = 379

n = 72

 

Age

71.7 (65.1-78.5)

71.3 (65.2-78.4)

73.7 (63.6-80.1)

0.51

73.0 (66.3-80.3)

72.3 (65.6-79.2)

78.1 (69.4-85.1)

<0.01

Height (cm)

158.6 (154.0-162.8)

158.9 (154.0-162.7)

157.6 (154.0-163.1)

0.81

172.8 (167.8-177.0)

173.1 (168.0-177.1)

171.2 (167.1-175.1)

0.05

Weight (kg)

68.8 (60.5-78.2)

67.7 (60.1-76.8)

71.1 (64.4-82.6)

0.08

81.2 (73.7-91.7)

81.2 (73.8-91.2)

81.2 (72.1-93.3)

0.90

BMI (kg/m2)

27.4 (24.1-31.1)

27.0 (24.1-30.8)

28.6 (24.7-33.6)

0.09

28.0 (25.2-30.0)

27.5 (25.2-29.9)

27.9 (25.2-31.0)

0.27

Waist circumference1

        

≥102 cm (men)±

-

-

-

 

202 (45.0 %)

164 (43.4 %)

38 (53.5 %)

0.12

≥88 cm (women)

211 (58.9 %)

178 (57.8 %)

33 (66.0 %)

0.27

    

Lifestyle/health factors

        

Reported at least one fall

118 (32.2 %)

94 (29.7 %)

24 (48.0 %)

0.01

94 (20.8 %)

75 (19.8 %)

19 (26.4 %)

0.21

≥2 falls

22 (6.0 %)

16 (5.1 %)

6 (12.0 %)

0.05

    

Hours’ sleep (total)†

7.0 (6.0-8.0)

7.0 (6.0-8.0)

7.0 (6.0-8.0)

0.12

7 (6.0-8.0)

7.5 (6.0-8.0)

7.0 (5.5-8.0)

<0.01

Hours’ sleep/night †

   

0.26

   

0.01

(<6hr)

79 (21.8 %)

70 (22.4 %)

9 (18.0 %)

 

78 (17.3 %)

57 (15.0 %)

21 (29.2 %)

 

(6-9hr)

237 (65.3 %)

206 (65.8 %)

31 (62.0 %)

 

330 (73.1 %)

283 (74.7 %)

47 (65.3 %)

 

(>9 + hr)

47 (13.0 %)

37 (11.8 %)

10 (20.0 %)

 

43 (9.5 %)

39 (10.3 %)

4 (5.6 %)

 

Use of walking aid

52 (14.5 %)

37 (11.8 %)

15 (30.0 %)

<0.01

48 (10.6 %)

30 (7.9 %)

18 (25.0 %)

<0.001

Nocturia

113 (30.8 %)

91 (28.7 %)

22 (44.0 %)

0.03

142 (31.5 %)

108 (28.5 %)

34 (47.2 %)

<0.01

Smoking (current)

26 (7.1 %)

20 (6.3 %)

6 (12.0 %)

0.14

28 (6.1 %)

27 (7.1 %)

1 (1.4 %)

0.07

Physically active

225 (61.3 %)

198 (62.5 %)

27 (54.0 %)

0.25

294 (65.2 %)

251 (66.2 %)

43 (60.0 %)

0.30

Alcohol intake (g/d)

0.9 (0.0-8.4)

0.9 (0.0-8.8)

0.4 (0.0-3.7)

0.36

9.3 (1.0-25.1)

10.5 (1.0-25.6)

5.5 (0.2-20.2)

0.11

Energy intake (kJ/d)

6165 (4995-7701)

6065 (4991-7576)

6730 (5230-8246)

0.07

355.2 (32.2- 825.8)

370.2 (36.9-837.0)

230.8 (7.1-731.1)

0.12

Sedative/hypnotic medication use (current)

21 (5.7 %)

19 (6.0 %)

2 (4.0 %)

0.75

8 (1.8 %)

8 (2.1 %)

0 (-)

0.21

Antidepressant medication use (current)

58 (15.8 %)

46 (14.5 %)

12 (24.0 %)

0.09

36 (8.0 %)

27 (7.1 %)

9 (12.5 %)

0.12

Mood disorder (current)

25 (6.9 %)

21 (6.7 %)

4.0 (8.0 %)

0.80

8 (1.8 %)

4 (1.1 %)

4 (5.6 %)

0.03

Diabetic status

26 (7.1 %)

16 (5.1 %)

10 (20.0 %)

<0.001

34 (7.6 %)

28 (7.4 %)

6 (8.3 %)

0.78

Socioeconomic status (current)

   

0.67

   

0.43

Quintile 1 (most disadvantaged)

60 (16.4 %)

53 (16.7 %)

7 (14.0 %)

 

85 (18.9 %)

73 (19.3 %)

12 (16.7 %)

 

Quintile 2

68 (18.5 %)

55 (17.4 %)

13 (26.0 %)

 

94 (20.8 %)

83 (21.9 %)

11 (15.3 %)

 

Quintile 3

103 (28.1 %)

89 (28.1 %)

14 (28.0 %)

 

91 (20.2 %)

78 (20.6 %)

13 (15.3 %)

 

Quintile 4

66 (18.0 %)

58 (18.3 %)

8 (16.0 %)

 

87 (19.3 %)

69 (18.2 %)

18 (25.0 %)

 

Quintile 5 (most advantaged)

70 (19.1 %)

62 (19.6 %)

8 (16.0 %)

 

94 (20.8 %)

76 (20.1 %)

18 (25.0 %)

 
  1. *denotes Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score ≥10
  2. 1as outlined by the International Diabetics Federations recommendations (2005) (see; methods)
  3. ±denoted n = 2 missing values
  4. †denotes n = 4 missing values.
  5. Values are given as median (interquartile range), mean (±standard deviation) or n (%)
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