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Table 2 Sleep characteristic in adolescents stratified by different categories of body-mass index (BMI)

From: Sleep and body mass index in adolescence: results from a large population-based study of Norwegian adolescents aged 16 to 19 years

 

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

Sleep duration category (weekdays)

    

 Short sleeper (<1SD: 5 hours), % (n)

27.3% (39)

13.2%(972)*

18.3% (2253)

24.2% (81)

 Normal Sleeper, (5–8 hours) % (n)

65.7% (94)

76.4% (5636)

72.1% (997)

66.6% (223)

 Long sleeper (1 > SD: 8 hours), % (n)

7.0% (10)

10.4% (769)

9.6% (133)

9.3% (31)

Sleep duration weekdays, mean (SD)

5:48 (1:51)

6:29 (1:36)*

6:13 (1:43)

5:57 (1:57)

Sleep duration weekends, mean (SD)

8:28 (2:09)

8:41 (1:47)*

8:26 (1:59)

8:09 (2:08)

Insomnia

19.3% (28)

12.6% (943)*

16.4% (230)

20.1% (68)

OSA symptoms, % (n)

1.6% (2)

3.2% (194)*

6.8% (77)

12.8% (35)

  1. *p < .001; p-values are based on Chi-square tests (proportions) and ANOVAS (means).