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. 2013 May;131(5):e1428–e1434. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-2368

TABLE 1.

Demographics, Sleep Duration, and Anthropometric Data by Study Wave

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave 4 Wave 5 Wave 6 Wave 7 Wave 8
Sample size 1336 1261 1067 1076 1019 1045 971 1089
Age, mean (SD), y 14.3 (0.56) 14.8 (0.59) 15.3 (0.53) 15.7 (0.55) 16.3 (0.55) 16.8 (0.55) 17.3 (0.54) 17.7 (0.56)
Gender, n (%)
 Female 666 (50.0) 631 (50.1) 544 (51.1) 542 (50.4) 520 (51.1) 531 (50.9) 446 (46.0) 562 (51.7)
 Male 667 (50.0) 629 (49.9) 521 (48.9) 533 (49.6) 498 (48.9) 513 (49.1) 523 (54.0) 525 (48.3)
Race, n (%)
 Black 187 (14.0) 169 (13.4) 138 (12.9) 138 (12.8) 123 (12.1) 131 (12.5) 128 (13.2) 135 (12.4)
 White 996 (74.6) 958 (76.0) 805 (75.5) 812 (75.5) 765 (75.1) 789 (75.5) 737 (75.9) 823 (75.6)
 Other 153 (11.5) 134 (10.6) 124 (11.6) 126 (11.7) 131 (12.9) 125 (12.0) 106 (10.9) 131 (12.0)
Maternal education, n (%)
 High school education or greater 936 (70.8) 880 (70.6) 765 (72.6) 765 (72.0) 719 (71.2) 730 (70.6) 686 (71.5) 764 (70.9)
 Less than high school education 387 (29.3) 367 (29.4) 289 (27.4) 298 (28.0) 288 (28.6) 304 (29.4) 273 (28.5) 314 (29.1)
Sleep, mean (SD), hr/d
 Male 8.13 (1.69) 8.01 (1.75) 7.93 (1.75) 7.94 (1.62) 7.93 (1.70) 7.82 (1.58) 7.72 (1.51) 7.54 (1.61)
 Female 8.16 (1.68) 7.98 (1.75) 7.95 (1.65) 7.82 (1.64) 7.69 (1.64) 7.67 (1.59) 7.65 (1.55) 7.52 (1.59)
Height, mean (SD), m
 Male 1.69 (0.09) 1.72 (0.08) 1.73 (0.08) 1.74 (0.08) 1.75 (0.08) 1.76 (0.08) 1.76 (0.08) 1.76 (0.08)
 Female 1.61 (0.07) 1.62 (0.07) 1.62 (0.07) 1.63 (0.07) 1.63 (0.08) 1.63 (0.07) 1.64 (0.07) 1.63 (0.07)
Wt, mean (SD), kg
 Male 63.9 (13.9) 67.0 (14.3) 68.7 (13.7) 69.9 (13.8) 71.9 (14.5) 73.4 (14.5) 74.7 (14.6) 75.3 (14.5)
 Female 56.6 (10.4) 58.2 (10.9) 58.2 (10.2) 58.8 (10.3) 60.0 (11.1) 60.8 (10.9) 64.4 (10.6) 61.4 (11.0)
BMI, mean (SD)
 Male 22.2 (4.04) 22.6 (4.11) 22.9 (4.02) 23.0 (4.08) 23.3 (4.22) 23.6 (4.20) 24.0 (4.39) 24.1 (4.28)
 Female 21.7 (3.67) 22.1 (3.85) 22.0 (3.44) 22.1 (3.47) 22.5 (3.66) 22.8 (3.70) 23.9 (3.87) 23.0 (3.73)