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Table 1 General characteristics and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)/Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) results by noise exposure groups

From: The effect of aircraft noise on sleep disturbance among the residents near a civilian airport: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

 

All groups

Control

Low-exposure (75-80 WECPNL)

High-exposure (80-90 WECPNL)

p-value

n = 3308(%)

n = 477(%)

n = 1403(%)

N = 1428(%)

Sexa)

Male

1111(33.6)

153(32.1)

443(31.6)

515(36.1)

0.0308

Female

2197(66.4)

324(67.9)

960(68.4)

913(63.9)

 

Mean age(years)b)

 

50.5 ± 14.2

50.5 ± 14.4

50.6 ± 14.1

50.4 ± 14.2

0.9116

Age(years)a)

20-29

268(8.1)

44(9.2)

110(7.8)

114(8.0)

0.4197

30-39

585(17.7)

81(17.0)

240(17.1)

264(18.5)

 

40-49

656(19.8)

77(16.1)

300(21.4)

279(19.5)

 

50-59

739(22.3)

121(25.4)

297(21.2)

321(22.5)

 

60-69

764(23.1)

108(22.6)

330(23.5)

326(22.8)

 

70-74

296(9.0)

46(9.6)

126(9.0)

124(8.7)

 

Educationa)

Never

77(2.3)

4(0.8)

26(1.8)

47(3.3)

<0.0001

Elementary school

343(10.4)

28(5.9)

134(9.6)

181(12.7)

 

Middle school

512(15.5)

57(11.9)

242(17.3)

213(14.9)

 

High school

1407(42.5)

225(47.2)

552(39.3)

630(44.1)

 

College or more

969(29.3)

163(34.2)

449(32.0)

357(25.0)

 

Residency period(year)a)

≥15

826(28.7)

86(20.3)

382(31.4)

358(29.0)

<0.0001

10-14

655(22.8)

120(28.4)

287(23.6)

248(20.1)

 

5-9

679(23.6)

101(23.9)

260(21.4)

318(25.7)

 

<5

716(24.9)

116(27.4)

288(23.7)

312(25.2)

 

Drinkinga)

No

2055(62.1)

284(59.5)

906(64.6)

865(60.6)

0.0408

Yes

1253(37.9)

193(40.5)

497(35.4)

563(39.4)

 

Smokinga)

Never

2546(77.4)

369(77.4)

1102(78.5)

1075(75.3)

0.2182

Past smoker

273(8.2)

43(9.0)

101(7.2)

129(9.0)

 

Current smoker

489(14.8)

65(13.6)

200(14.3)

224(15.7)

 

Regular Exercisea)

No

1793(54.2)

234(49.1)

782(55.7)

777(54.4)

0.0398

Yes

1515(45.8)

243(50.9)

621(44.3)

651(45.6)

 

Operation or hospitalization within 1 yeara)

No

3025(91.4)

446(93.5)

1296(92.4)

1283(89.9)

0.0123

Yes

283(8.6)

31(6.5)

107(7.6)

145(10.1)

 

ISIc)

Meanb)

6.9 ± 6.4

4.1 ± 5.1

7.2 ± 6.5

7.6 ± 6.4

<0.0001

Normal

1956(59.1)

376(78.8)

782(55.7)

798(55.9)

<0.0001

Sub-threshold insomnia

897(27.1)

75(15.7)

426(30.4)

396(27.7)

 

Moderate insomnia

382(11.6)

25(5.2)

155(11.1)

202(14.2)

 

Severe insomnia

73(2.2)

1(0.2)

40(2.8)

32(2.2)

 

ESSc)

Meanb)

5.5 ± 3.7

4.1 ± 3.0

5.4 ± 3.7

6.0 ± 3.8

<0.0001

Normal

2853(86.2)

451(94.5)

1214(86.5)

1188(83.2)

<0.0001

Daytime hypersomnia

455(13.8)

26(5.5)

189(13.5)

240(16.8)

 
  1. a)By Chi-square test
  2. b)By ANOVA
  3. c)By Mantel-Haenszel Chi-square test