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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Sleep disturbance is associated with neck pain: a 3-year longitudinal study after the Great East Japan Earthquake

 

Sleep disturbance at the fourth time point

n (%)

absence

presence

P value

2,059

1,372

687

 

Sex

 Male

911 (44.2)

662 (48.3)

249 (36.2)

 < 0.001

 Female

1,148 (55.8)

710 (51.7)

438 (63.8)

 

Age

  < 65

820 (39.8)

525 (38.3)

295 (42.9)

0.041

  ≥ 65

1,239 (60.2)

847 (61.7)

392 (57.1)

 

Body mass indexa

  ≥ 18.5, < 25

1,240 (60.2)

832 (60.6)

408 (59.4)

0.54

  < 18.5

38 (1.8)

22 (1.6)

16 (2.3)

 

  ≥ 25

706 (34.3)

465 (33.9)

241 (35.1)

 

Living area

 Ogatsu

857 (41.6)

534 (38.9)

323 (47.0)

 < 0.001

 Oshika

740 (35.9)

526 (38.3)

214 (31.1)

 

 Ajishima

137 (6.7)

117 (8.5)

20 (2.9)

 

 Wakabayashi

325 (15.8)

195 (14.2)

130 (18.9)

 

Smoking habitsa

 Non-smoker

1,656 (80.4)

1,100 (80.2)

556 (80.9)

0.866

 Smoker

330 (16.0)

224 (16.3)

106 (15.4)

 

Drinking habitsa

 Non-drinker

1,292 (62.7)

839 (61.2)

453 (65.9)

0.05

  < 45.6 g of alcohol/dayb

438 (21.3)

315 (23.0)

123 (17.9)

 

  ≥ 45.6 g of alcohol/dayb

161 (7.8)

110 (8.0)

51 (7.4)

 

Comorbid conditions

 Hypertension

877 (42.6)

578 (42.1)

299 (43.5)

0.546

 Diabetes mellitus

222 (10.8)

151 (11.0)

71 (10.3)

0.643

 Myocardial infarction

135 (6.6)

85 (6.2)

50 (7.3)

0.349

 Cerebral stroke

31 (1.5)

18 (1.3)

13 (1.9)

0.308

Working statusa

 Unemployed

1,033 (50.2)

667 (48.6)

366 (53.3)

0.105

 Employed

973 (47.3)

671 (48.9)

302 (44.0)

 

Walking time/daya

  ≥ 1 h

594 (28.8)

438 (31.9)

156 22.7)

 < 0.001

 30 min to < 1 h

752 (36.5)

505 (36.8)

247 (36.0)

 

  < 30 m

685 (33.3)

408 (29.7)

277 (40.3)

 

Living statusa

 Same house as before the GEJE

670 (32.5)

489 (35.6)

181 (26.3)

0.001

 Prefabricated house

83 (4.0)

48 (3.5)

35 (5.1)

 

 New house

654 (31.8)

419 (30.5)

235 (34.2)

 

 Others

629 (30.5)

400 (29.2)

229 (33.3)

 

Economic conditiona

 Normal

1,020 (49.5)

798 (58.2)

222 (32.3)

 < 0.001

 A little hard

488 (23.7)

296 (21.6)

192 (27.9)

 

 Hard

324 (15.7)

174 (12.7)

150 (21.8)

 

 Very hard

191 (9.3)

77 (5.6)

114 (16.6)

 

Psychological distressa

 Absence

1,775 (86.2)

1,289 (94.0)

486 (70.7)

 < 0.001

 Presence

253 (12.3)

56 (4.1)

197 (28.7)

 

Social isolationa

 Absence

1,454 (70.6)

1,025 (74.7)

429 (62.4)

 < 0.001

 Presence

604 (29.3)

347 (25.3)

257 (37.4)

 
  1. aBecause each item has a limited number of respondents, the actual number is not necessarily in accordance with the total
  2. b22.8 g of alcohol amount to 1 go or traditional unit of sake (180 ml), which also approximates to two glasses of wine (200 ml), or beer (500 ml) in terms of alcohol content. Categorical values are presented as numbers and percentage (%)
  3. GEJE Great East Japan Earthquake