Research Article

Association between Sleep Habits and Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the sample adult (≥20 y, obesity: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) population.

Characteristics MHOMAO value
()(,293)

Age (mean (95% CI))42.3 (40.3, 44.4)51.0 (50.7, 53.3)<0.05
Age (% (95% CI))
 ≥20 to <40 y49.8 (43.9, 55.7)20.7 (17.1, 24.4)<0.05
 ≥40 to <65 y40.9 (35.6, 46.2)58.9 (55.4, 62.5)
 ≥65 y9.3 (6.0, 12.6)20.3 (17.3, 23.4)
Sex
 Males39.2 (32.8, 45.7)49.0 (45.7, 52.3)<0.05
 Females60.8 (54.3, 67.2)51.0 (47.7, 54.3)
Ethnic
 Non-Hispanic White58.6 (49.0, 68.3)71.8 (66.4, 77.2)<0.05
 Non-Hispanic Black21.5 (14.4, 28.6)13.0 (9.5, 16.5)
 Mexican American9.7 (5.3, 14.2)7.1 (4.8, 9.5)
 Other10.1 (6.3, 14.0)8.1 (5.3, 10.6)
Education
 <High school19.1 (15.5, 22.6)22.2 (18.8, 25.6)NS
 High school22.1 (16.3, 28.0)27.6 (24.1, 31.1)
 College58.8 (53.6, 64.0)50.2 (45.1, 55.3)
Income
 <$20,00014.4 (10.9, 17.9)18.7 (15.7, 21.7)NS
 $20,000–44,99930.8 (25.3, 36.2)29.9 (25.5, 34.3)
 ≥$45,00054.9 (49.0, 60.7)51.4 (46.4, 56.4)
Smoking
 Never58.9 (53.3, 64.5)49.2 (45.7, 52.8)<0.05
 Current Smoker17.1 (13.0, 21.3)19.9 (16.7, 23.0)
 Past smoker23.9 (20.0, 27.9)30.9 (27.7, 34.1)
Alcohol
 0 drinks/day31.7 (26.0, 37.3)38.7 (35.1, 42.3)NS
 <3 drinks/day45.1 (39.4, 50.7)42.2 (38.9, 45.5)
 ≥3 drinks/day23.2 (18.8, 27.7)19.1 (16.5, 21.7)
Leisure-time physical activity
 No reported PA64.6 (57.7, 71.5)70.1 (65.3, 75.0)<0.05
 1–499 MET min/w10.5 (7.6, 13.3)12.1 (9.3, 14.8)
 ≥500 MET min/w24.9 (20.1, 29.8)17.8 (14.1, 21.5)
Sleep hour
 ≤4 h4.6 (2.8, 6.3)7.3 (5.4, 9.2)NS
 5-6 h39.6 (34.7, 44.5)34.1 (30.5, 37.7)
 7-8 h50.9 (45.8, 56.0)52.5 (48.9, 56.1)
 ≥9 h4.9 (2.6, 7.3)6.1 (4.7, 7.4)
Sleep quality
 Good (<3)18.4 (14.0, 22.7)17.6 (14.8, 20.4)NS
 Fair (≥3 to <7)23.8 (19.8, 27.8)21.3 (17.8, 24.7)
 Poor (≥7 to <12)29.9 (24.2, 35.5)27.3 (23.4, 31.2)
 Very poor (≥12 to 24)28.0 (23.7, 32.2)33.8 (30.4, 37.2)
Physician diagnosed sleep disorder
 No90.1 (86.3, 94.0)83.8 (80.7, 86.8)<0.05
 Yes9.9 (6.0, 13.7)16.2 (13.2, 19.3)

Mean (95% CI) for continuous variables and % (95% CI) for categorical variables. MHO is metabolically healthy obesity, based on the Joint Interim Statement of metabolic syndrome. , two-sided; independent -test or , as appropriate. NS is not significant.