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Table 1 Participant characteristics stratified by sex and age group

From: Associations between sleep duration, sleep quality, and weight status in Chinese children and adolescents

Variable

Total

Boys

Girls

P

Children aged 8–13 years

Adolescents aged 14–16 years

p

N = 2019

n = 1029

n = 990

n = 1502

n = 517

Age, years [M (SD)]

11.56 (1.84)

11.67 (1.90)

11.59 (1.82)

0.374

10.79 (1.32)

14.08 (0.66)

 < 0.001

School level n (%)

   

0.283

  

 < 0.001

 Primary School

899 (44.53)

446 (43.34)

453 (45.76)

 

899 (59.85)

0

 

 Middle school

1120 (55.47)

583 (56.66)

537 (54.24)

 

603 (40.15)

517 (100)

 

Age group n (%)

 Children aged 8–13 years

1502 (74.39)

756 (73.47)

746 (75.35)

 

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 Adolescents aged 14–16 years

517 (25.61)

273 (26.53)

244 (24.65)

 

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Sex

      

0.333

 Boys

1029 (50.97)

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756 (50.33)

273 (52.80)

 

 Girls

990 (49.03)

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746 (49.68)

244 (47.20)

 

Anthropometric Measurements

 Height, m [M (SD)]

1.53 (0.13)

1.55 (0.10)

1.51 (0.11)

 < 0.001

1.48 (0.11)

1.66 (0.08)

 < 0.001

 Weight, kg [M (SD)]

46.32 (13.75)

48.96 (14.78)

43.58 (12.00)

 < 0.001

42.36 (11.94)

57.83 (12.09)

 < 0.001

 BMI, kg/m2 [M (SD)]

19.42 (3.69)

20.07 (3.81)

18.75 (3.43)

 < 0.001

18.94 (3.60)

20.82 (3.60)

 < 0.001

Weight Status n (%)

   

 < 0.001

  

0.023

 Normal weight

1407 (69.69)

639 (31.65)

768 (38.04)

 

1026 (50.82)

136 (6.74)

 

 Overweight/obesity

612 (30.31)

390 (19.32)

222 (11.00)

 

476 (23.58)

381 (18.87)

 

Father Education n (%)

   

0.108

  

 < 0.001

  < High school

153 (7.58)

90 (8.75)

63 (6.63)

 

135 (8.99)

18 (3.48)

 

 High school

297 (14.71)

152 (14.77)

145 (14.65)

 

221 (14.71)

76 (14.70)

 

 Bachelor’s degree

1195 (59.19)

611 (59.38)

584 (58.99)

 

814 (54.19)

381 (73.69)

 

 Master’ degree

374 (18.52)

176 (17.10)

198 (20.00)

 

332 (22.10)

42 (8.12)

 

Mother Education n (%)

   

0.218

  

 < 0.001

  < High school

174 (8.62)

100 (9.72)

74 (7.47)

 

143 (9.52)

31 (6.00)

 

 High school

266 (13.17)

129 (12.54)

137 (13.84)

 

203 (13.52)

63 (12.19)

 

 Bachelor’s degree

1232 (60.97)

631 (61.32)

600 (60.60)

 

852 (56.72)

379 (73.3)

 

 Master’ degree

348 (17.24)

169 (16.42)

179 (18.08)

 

304 (20.24)

44 (8.51)

 

MVPA, min [M (SD)]

65.70 (62.84)

72.01 (65.42)

59.13 (59.38)

 < 0.001

66.61 (63.50)

63.05 (60.89)

0.257

Sedentary Behavior, min [M (SD)]

348.64 (175.10)

355.84 (185.25)

367.61 (177.26)

0.142

350.64 (177.72)

393.47 (183.23)

 < 0.001

Sleep Quality [M (SD)]

3.00 (2.73)

3.40 (2.67)

3.69 (2.77)

0.018

3.38 (2.64)

4.02 (2.90)

0.003

 Good sleep quality n (%)

1602 (79.35)

833 (80.95)

769 (77.68)

 

1216 (81.96)

386 (74.66)

 

 Poor sleep quality n (%)

417 (20.65)

196 (19.05)

221 (22.32)

 

286 (19.04)

131 (25.34)

 

Sleep Duration, h [M (SD)]

8.21 (1.25)

8.23 (1.26)

8.17 (1.25)

0.307

8.85 (1.17)

7.34 (1.07)

 < 0.001

 Very short sleep duration n (%)

119 (5.89)

60 (5.83)

59 (5.96)

 

61 (4.06)

58 (11.22)

 

 Short sleep duration n (%)

1035 (51.26)

503 (48.89)

532 (53.74)

 

704 (46.87)

331 (64.02)

 

 Recommended sleep duration n (%)

851 (42.15)

457 (44.41)

394 (39.80)

 

723 (48.14)

128 (24.75)

 

 Long sleep duration n (%)

14 (0.69)

9 (0.87)

5 (0.51)

 

14 (0.93)

0

 
  1. Note: M mean, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activity; p values were calculated by Chi-square (X2) test for categorical variables and t-tests for continuous variables between sex and school level, and p values with bold type indicated p < 0.05