Table 1 Age-standardised characteristics of 3682 breast cancer participants at post diagnosis (at sleep assessment)

From: Sleep and survival among women with breast cancer: 30 years of follow-up within the Nurses’ Health Study

 

Hours of sleep per night

 

6 h ( n =965)

7 h ( n =1234)

8 h (reference) ( n =1100)

9 h ( n =383)

Age, mean (s.d.)a

67.2 (9.2)

66.0 (9.6)

67.6 (8.9)

69.3 (8.6)

Census tract incomeb

64 (25)

65 (25)

64 (24)

63 (24)

Duration of OC use (years)

1.7 (3.2)

2.0 (3.4)

2.1 (3.6)

1.8 (3.4)

Caffeine intake (mg per day)

171.3 (168.7)

172.9 (163.3)

174.7 (167.0)

161.9 (161.6)

Total caloric intake (kcal per day)

1684 (528)

1699 (521)

1723 (527)

1761 (534)

Physical activity (met-h per week)

14.9 (19.7)

15.5 (18.2)

14.8 (19.0)

13.5 (18.6)

BMI (kg m−2)

26.9 (5.3)

26.1 (5.0)

26.5 (5.1)

27.1 (5.6)

Alcohol intake (g per day)

5.6 (10.5)

5.3 (9.5)

6.0 (11.4)

6.6 (13.5)

Time between diagnosis and sleep assessment (years)

1.7 (1.1)

1.7 (1.1)

1.8 (1.2)

1.7 (1.1)

Education (RN degree), %

75.9

69.9

71.9

78.2

Married/in a relationship

69.6

72.5

76.2

76.2

Ever parous

91.1

93.7

93.1

94.3

Postmenopausal

95.3

94.9

94.9

94.8

Ever used PMH

56.6

61.1

61.5

57.3

Family history of breast cancer

24.4

21.6

23.1

19.3

Prevalent diabetes or heart disease

12.8

12.6

13.6

15.4

Current smoker

7.8

9.3

9.2

8.1

Cancer stage I

65.3

65.5

65.8

61.2

Cancer stage II

28.4

26.1

24.9

27.6

Cancer stage III

6.3

8.4

9.3

11.2

Mastectomy

49.6

46.8

45.8

49.2

Chemotherapy

45.5

42.8

45.3

44.2

Radiation therapy

68.9

71.0

72.4

68.8

Hormone therapy

80.9

83.2

82.5

73.2

ER+ or PR+

86.8

83.8

84.6

80.9

  1. Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index; ER+=estrogen-receptor-positive; OC=oral contraception; PMH=postmenopausal hormones; PR+=progesterone-receptor-positive; RN=registered nurse.
  2. Values are means (s.d.) or percentages and are standardised to the age distribution of the study population. Values of polytomous variables may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Percentages of oncologic treatments (i.e., mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormone therapy) are from women without missing information on these variables.
  3. Sample includes women who received a breast cancer diagnosis and completed either the 1986, 2000, 2002, or 2008 sleep assessment within 4 years after being diagnosed.
  4. aValue is not age adjusted.
  5. bCensus tract income is in thousands of dollars.