Table 4.

Risk Odds Ratio Between Demographic and Health Status Variables and Sleep Disorder Symptoms among Primary Care Patients (n = 1934)

Variables	Sleep Disorder Symptoms
Variables	Sleepy during Daily Activities	Dozes Off during Daily Activities	Symptoms Suggesting Restless Leg Syndrome	Loud Snoring	Stops Breathing or Gasps for Breath	Awakens ≥3 Times per Night
Demographic
Age ≥65	1.03	1.44^§	1.03	0.74^†	0.58^‡	0.79^†
Female gender	1.06	1.00	1.21	0.54^§	0.69^‡	1.28^†
African-American (vs white)	0.89	1.12	0.93	1.13	1.00	1.16
Latino (vs white)	0.53^§	0.49^§	0.46^§	0.53^§	1.20	0.82
Married, living with partner^*	0.84	0.89	0.87	1.52^§	1.04	0.79^†
Education ≤ high school^*	0.98^†	0.80^†	0.63^§	1.00	0.94	0.55^§
Health status
Fair or poor self-reported health	1.39^§	1.4^§	3.02^§	1.40^§	2.35^§	2.78^§
Body mass index ≥30^*	1.05	1.16	1.23^†	2.18^§	2.2^§	1.32^‡
Health problems during past 10 years^*
Heart disease	1.45^‡	1.81^§	2.06^§	1.23	1.36	1.57^‡
High blood pressure	1.21^†	1.61^§	1.35^‡	1.61^§	1.62^§	1.60^§
Lung disease	1.79^‡	1.42	2.24^§	1.49^†	2.94^§	2.34^§
Stroke	1.30	2.20^§	2.73^§	1.37	1.88^‡	1.59^†
Depression	2.08^§	1.53^§	2.84^§	1.46^§	2.22^§	2.66^§
Chronic back pain	1.73^§	1.65^§	2.72^§	1.40^‡	1.85^‡	2.19^§
Cancer	1.11	1.30	1.45	1.09	1.37	1.48^†
Diabetes	1.24	1.60^§	1.95^§	1.57^§	0.92	1.27^†
Arthritis or related conditions	1.71^§	1.97^§	2.66^§	1.52^§	1.84^§	2.20^§
Joint pain, stiffness, or aching in previous 30 days	1.86	2.00^§	3.59^§	1.44^§	1.97^§	2.16^§
Current smoker	1.31^†	0.95	1.87^§	1.39^‡	1.78^§	1.48^§
Physical health “not good” ≥6 days in previous month	1.86^§	1.69^§	3.44^§	1.42^‡	2.43^§	2.67^§
Mental health “not good” ≥6 days in previous month	2.00^§	1.58^§	3.86^§	1.51^§	2.31^§	3.02^§
≥4 days of limited activity in prior month due to physical or mental health problem	2.10^§	2.05^§	3.88^§	1.39^‡	2.01^§	2.22^§

* Adjusted for age, race (African-American vs other), and sex.
† P ≤ .05.
‡ P ≤ .01.
§ P ≤ .001.