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Table 1 Behaviours reported by school children by gender mean (SD) or n (%)

From: Associations between meeting sleep, physical activity or screen time behaviour guidelines and academic performance in Australian school children

  

Total n

Total

Girls

Boys

p-valuea

Sleep

% meeting sleep guidelines c

828

611 (74%)

307 (74%)

304 (73%)

.724

Weekday sleep (hrs/night) b

830

9.0 (1.2)

9.1 (1.1)

9.0 (1.3)

.525

Weekend sleep (hrs/night) b

828

9.7 (1.4)

9.8 (1.2)

9.6 (1.5)

.058

Weekday bedtime ≥23:00

830

101 (12%)

51 (12%)

50 (12%)

.915

Weekend bedtime ≥23:00

829

258 (31%)

138 (33%)

120 (29%)

.185

% poor sleeper

829

83 (10%)

30 (7%)

53 (13%)

.052

Physical Activity

% meeting guidelines d

840

174 (21%)

60 (14%)

114 (27%)

<.001

Days getting 60 min MVPA

840

4.3 (2.1)

4.0 (2.0)

4.6 (2.2)

<.001

Unorganized play (hrs/day)

837

1.7 (2.0)

1.5 (1.8)

1.9 (2.3)

<.001

% participating in sport

838

769 (92%)

380 (91%)

389 (93%)

.258

Sedentary Behaviours

% meeting screen time guidelines e

832

95 (11%)

59 (14%)

36 (9%)

.018

Leisure screen behaviours (hrs/day)

832

12.1 (15.4)

10.0 (11.1)

14.2(18.5)

<.001

Total sedentary behaviours (hrs/day)

832

21.4 (19.8)

19.9 (15.1)

23.0 (23.6)

.395

Academic scores

Average Academic Index

933

67.1 (11.3)

68.6 (10.8)

65.6 (11.5)

<.001

Maths

925

58.3 (19.7)

57.0 (19.0)

59.5 (20.1)

.057

English

864

70.0 (9.8)

73.0 (9.1)

67.3 (9.6)

<.001

% meeting all 3 guidelines

824

17 (2%)

6 (1%)

11 (3%)

.217

% meeting at least 2/3 guidelines

824

188 (23%)

84 (20%)

104 (25%)

.039

  1. aT test, wilcoxan rank, or chi-squared test for gender differences
  2. bSleep time from reported usual bedtimes and waketimes
  3. cSleep guidelines 9 to 11 h for children 5–13 years and 8 to 10 h for 14–17 year olds
  4. d60 min of physical activity on 7 days per week
  5. escreen time guidelines of less than 2 h of leisure screen activity