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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample at the baseline, by sex

From: Gender differences in the impact of sleep duration on common mental disorders in school students

Variables

Total

n (%)

Boys

n (%)

Girls

n (%)

p-value*

Age (years

9 to 11

1421 (56.2)

679 (51.1)

742 (61.8)

< 0.001

12 to 17

1.107 (43.8)

649 (48.9)

458 (38.2)

 

Weight status

 Thinness

80 (3.3)

58 (4.6)

22 (1.9)

< 0.001

 Adequate

1.588 (65.0)

841 (65.9)

747 (64.0)

 

 Overweight

449 (18.3)

202 (15.8)

247 (21.1)

 

 Obesity

327 (13.4)

175 (13.7)

152 (13.0)

 

Physical activity (min/week)

 Inactive

562 (22.4)

253 (19.2)

309 (25.9)

< 0.001

 insufficiently active (1–149)

1.101 (43.9)

563 (42.8)

538 (45.1)

 

 insufficiently active (150–299)

469 (18.7)

284 (21.6)

185 (15.5)

 

 Active (> = 300)

378 (15.0)

217 (16.5)

161 (13.5)

 

Sleep duration (h/day)

 Short

712 (34.3)

348 (32.9)

364 (35.8)

0.001

 Adequate

1.190 (57.4)

613 (58.0)

577 (56.7)

 

 Long

172 (8.3)

96 (9.1)

76 (7.5)

 

CMD frequency

 Yes

834 (33.2)

486 (36.9)

348 (29.2)

< 0.001

 No

1.678 (66.8)

832 (63.1)

846 (70.8)

 

CMD score

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

p-value**

0–36

11.7 (8.1)

12.5 (8.3)

10.9 (7.8)

< 0.001

  1. Adequate sleep duration: for children of school-age (6 to 12 years), 9 to 12 h is recommended and, for adolescents (13 to 18 years), 8 to 10 h
  2. CMD Common mental disorders
  3. *Chi-square test between variables and sex. ** Student’s T test between CMD scores, ranging from 0 to 36, and the students’ gender