African American race is associated with worse sleep quality in heavy smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine the association of self-identified race with sleep quality in heavy smokers.

Methods

We studied baseline data from 1965 non-Hispanic White and 462 African American participants from SPIROMICS with ≥ 20 pack-years smoking history. We first examined the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index's (PSQI) internal consistency and item-total correlation in a population with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We then used staged multivariable regression to investigate the association of race and sleep quality as measured by the PSQI) The first model included demographics, the second added measures of health status, and the third, indicators of socioeconomic status. We next explored the correlation between sleep quality with 6-minute walk distance and St. Georg

SUBMITTER: Baugh AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature