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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of total sample, children with short/medium sleep duration (primary and secondary sleep level; < 10 h, 8 min) and children with long sleep duration (tertiary sleep level; ≥ 10 h, 8 min)

From: Cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed sleep duration with physical activity, BMI and television viewing in German primary school children

 

Missing values

Total sample (n = 308)

Short/medium

Sleep Duration (n = 202)

Long Sleep Duration (n = 106)

Gender (male); n (%)

0

151 (49.0)

106 (52.5)

45 (42.5)

Age (years)*; m ± SD

0

7.1 ± 0.6

7.2 ± 0.6

6.9 ± 0.6

Height (cm); m ± SD

1

123.6 ± 6.1

124.0 ± 6.1

122.7 ± 6.0

Weight (kg)*; m ± SD

1

24.6 ± 4.8

25.0 ± 4.8

23.8 ± 4.7

BMI z-scores; m ± SD

1

0.18 ± 1.11

0.25 ± 1.11

0.03 ± 1.10

Weight status

13

 

Overweight; n (%)

13

36 (12.2)

26 (13.5)

10 (9.8)

Obese; n (%)

13

10 (3.4)

6 (3.1)

4 (3.9)

Sleep duration (h:min/night)*; m ± SD

0

9:58 (0:29)

9:42 (0:19)

10:29 (0:18)

MVPA Guideline reached*; n (%)

4

148 (48.7)

105 (52.8)

43 (41.0)

Daily MVPA (h:min/day)*, m ± SD

2

2:13 (0:58)

2:18 (0:59)

2:04 (0:55)

TV viewing of more than 1 h/day*; n (%)

41

150 (56.2)

108 (63.2)

42 (43.8)

Tertiary parental education level; n (%)

48

92 (35.4)

59 (36.2)

33 (34.0)

Migration background*; n (%)

41

71 (26.6)

60 (35.7)

11 (11.1)

  1. Values are mean (m) ± SD or numbers (n) and percentages (%). Overweight and obese defined as per Cole et al. (2000); MVPA guideline reached = a minimum of 60 min of MVPA (moderate to vigorous physical activity) on all days of the week; TV viewing = television viewing; tertiary family education level = at least one parent has a high school degree; migration background = at least one parent was born abroad or the child was spoken to in foreign language during the first three years of life
  2. *significant difference between children with short/medium and long sleep duration (p < 0.05)