Research Article

Association between Chewing Problems and Sleep among Japanese Adults

Table 5

Stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with short sleep duration (<6 h/day).

VariablesAdjusted odds ratioa95% confidence interval value

Sexb1.231.09–1.380.001
Self-reported symptomsc1.601.39–1.85<0.001
Chewing problemsc1.301.11–1.520.001
Regular exercisec0.880.76–1.010.075
Overweightc1.411.23–1.60<0.001

aAdjusted for sex, self-reported symptoms, chewing problems, regular exercise, alcohol consumption, and being overweight; bfemale/male (reference was male); cpresence/absence (reference was absence).