Name
stpbrthng5
Label
Frequency of breathing-stop during sleep in the past 4 weeks
Description

Original question: 14. Over the past 4 weeks, how often do you have times when you stop breathing during your sleep?

Domain
freq4weeksdk
  • 1: Never
  • 2: Rarely (1-2 nights a week)
  • 3: Sometimes (3-5 nights a week)
  • 4: Always or almost always (6-7 nights a week)
  • 9: Don't know
Type
choices
Frequency of breathing-stop during sleep in the past 4 weeks vs MESA exam number
Exam 5
Total 2,237
Never 1,009
Rarely (1-2 nights a week) 136
Sometimes (3-5 nights a week) 85
Always or almost always (6-7 nights a week) 42
Don't know 945
Unknown 20
Frequency of breathing-stop during sleep in the past 4 weeks 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
Never 232 239 259 279 1,009
Rarely (1-2 nights a week) 50 37 29 20 136
Sometimes (3-5 nights a week) 28 21 20 16 85
Always or almost always (6-7 nights a week) 16 13 12 1 42
Don't know 230 249 232 234 945
Unknown 4 - 7 9 20
Frequency of breathing-stop during sleep in the past 4 weeks vs Gender of the participant
Exam 5
Female Male Total
Total 1,198 1,039 2,237
Never 506 503 1,009
Rarely (1-2 nights a week) 62 74 136
Sometimes (3-5 nights a week) 35 50 85
Always or almost always (6-7 nights a week) 7 35 42
Don't know 578 367 945
Unknown 10 10 20
Frequency of breathing-stop during sleep in the past 4 weeks vs Race/ethnicity of the participant
Exam 5
White, Caucasian Chinese American Black, African-American Hispanic Total
Total 830 265 616 526 2,237
Never 376 149 255 229 1,009
Rarely (1-2 nights a week) 44 5 42 45 136
Sometimes (3-5 nights a week) 27 11 15 32 85
Always or almost always (6-7 nights a week) 12 3 13 14 42
Don't know 366 89 288 202 945
Unknown 5 8 3 4 20