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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2010 Dec 10;158(4):617–623. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.09.080

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics Overall and by Mean Sleep Duration Categories

Subject Characteristics All Subjects (n=471) Mean Sleep Duration Categories
Shorter ≤6.5 hrs (n=61) Intermediate 6.6 – 8.74 hrs (n=338) Longer ≥ 8.75 hrs (n=72)

Age 15.7 ± 2.1 16.1 ± 2.0 15.6 ± 2.1 15.8 ± 2.2

Male Sex 232 (49.3%) 32 (52.5%) 171 (50.6%) 29 (40.3%)

Minority race 201 (42.7%) 36 (59.0%) 137 (40.5%) 28 (38.9%)

Preterm 232 (49.3%) 30 (49.2%) 164 (48.5%) 38 (52.8%)

Moderate/ vigorous daily activity
 < 30 min 223 (47.3%) 30 (49.2%) 155 (45.9%) 38 (52.8%)
 30 to 59 min 81 (17.2%) 9 (14.7%) 60 (17.7%) 12 (16.7%)
 ≥ 60 min 167 (35.5%) 22 (36.1%) 123 (36.4%) 22 (30.5%)

Extended weekend sleep duration
 No 347 (73.2%) 26 (42.6%) 252 (74.6%) 67 (93.1%)
 Yes 70 (14.9%) 23 (37.7%) 47 (13.9%) 0 (0%)
 Unknown 56 (11.9%) 12 (19.7%) 39 (11.5%) 5 (6.9%)

Adiposity

Waist Circumference (cm) 74.8 ± 11.8 76.5 ± 12.9 74.7 ± 11.5 73.4 ± 12.0

Obesity (BMI ≥30 or BMI ≥ 95th percentile) 88 (18.7%) 13 (21.3%) 64 (18.9%) 11 (15.3%)

BMI percentile 70.4 (45.7, 92.1) 74.4 (42.7, 89.8) 68.7 (46.4, 92.4) 66.9 (36.0, 90.5)

Insulin & Glucose

HOMA 1.95 (1.37, 2.82) 1.96 (1.30, 3.29) 1.95 (1.37, 2.71) 1.99 (1.43, 2.89)

Fasting Insulin (uIU/mL) 8.9 (6.6, 12.7) 8.7 (6.3, 13.9) 8.9 (6.6, 12.3) 9.1 (6.8, 12.8)

Fasting Glucose (mg/dL) 88.0 ± 7.7 87.9 ± 7.1 88.1 ± 7.6 88.0 ± 8.7

G:I Ratio * 9.9 (6.9, 13.2) 9.6 (6.1, 13.4) 9.9 (7.0, 13.2) 9.9 (6.8, 13.0)

G:I Ratio < 7 122 (25.9%) 17 (27.9%) 84 (24.9%) 21 (29.2%)

N=471 observations on n=387 people; N (column %) shown for categorical variables; median (IQR) or mean ± SD presented for continuous variables

*

G:I ratio = fasting glucose / fasting insulin