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Table 4 Correlation coefficients between day/night-time sleep, exercise frequency, BMI, W_C and self-reported measures of food intake.

From: Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption correlates with BMI, waist circumference, and poor dietary choices in school children

Males/Females Waist Circumference BMI SSCB Milk, Full-Fat Fruit Vegetable Cereal, unswee-tened No. of Exercise Occasions Hours of night-time sleep Hours of day-time sleep
Waist Circumference 1 .848** .106** -.075** -.092** -.092** -.083** -.179** -.086** .075**
BMI .762** 1 .085** -.079** -.077** -.078** -.045** -.148** -.078** .052**
SSCB -0.011 -0.016 1 -.065** -.185** -.135** -.050** -0.023 -0.028 .148**
Milk, Full-Fat -.054** -.054** -.108** 1 .167** .130** .071** .119** 0.008 -0.028
Fruit -0.009 -0.008 -.235** .191** 1 .398** .097** .182** 0.024 -.083**
Vegetables -0.009 -0.010 -.109** .107** .377** 1 .146** .139** 0.001 -.043**
Cereal, unsweetened -0.014 -.046** -0.004 .074** .109** .113** 1 .128** -0.021 0.003
No. of Exercise Occasions .063** .071** -0.033 0.018 .176** .161** .140** 1 -0.005 0.03
Hours of night-time sleep -0.030 -.053** -0.013 0.013 .040* 0.011 0.029 0.019 1 -.035*
Hours of day-time sleep .036* .063** .184** -.058** -.120** -.071** -.046** -.037* -0.009 1
  1. Correlations on data from females are in bold type.
  2. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
  3. * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
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BMC Public Health

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