Age

Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while in a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
No chance 1,977
Slight chance 181
Moderate chance 35
High chance 23
Unknown 21
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while in a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic vs Participant Age at MESA Sleep Visit
Exam 5
54.0 to 62.0 years 62.0 to 69.0 years 69.0 to 77.0 years 77.0 to 95.0 years Total
Total 560 559 559 559 2,237
No chance 475 506 493 503 1,977
Slight chance 66 39 39 37 181
Moderate chance 8 7 15 5 35
High chance 5 6 6 6 23
Unknown 6 1 6 8 21
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while in a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic vs Gender of the participant
Exam 5
Female Male Total
Total 1,198 1,039 2,237
No chance 1,078 899 1,977
Slight chance 80 101 181
Moderate chance 14 21 35
High chance 15 8 23
Unknown 11 10 21
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Chance of dozing while in a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic vs Race/ethnicity of the participant
Exam 5
White, Caucasian Chinese American Black, African-American Hispanic Total
Total 830 265 616 526 2,237
No chance 762 209 537 469 1,977
Slight chance 51 39 64 27 181
Moderate chance 6 6 7 16 35
High chance 5 3 5 10 23
Unknown 6 8 3 4 21