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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2012 Oct 2;60(1):246–251. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.09.026

Table 4.

Correlations among sleep, calories, macronutrients, and body mass index

BMI Total Calories Total Carbs Total Fat Total Protein Sleep Duration Midpoint Carbs after 8 Fat after 8 Protein After 8 Carbs 4 hours before bed Fat 4 hours before bed Protein 4 hours before bed
BMI -- .26 .14 .15 .33* −.21 .35* .29* .32* .39** .19 .00 .37*
Total Calories -- .82*** .75*** .85*** −.23 −.11 .56*** .60*** .68*** .36* .23 .43*
Total Carbs -- .49*** .54*** −.07 −.03 .53*** .38** .41** .42** .27 .31*
Total Fat -- .65** −.06 .10 .94* .61*** .43** .41** .24 .37*
Total Protein -- −.20 .26 .42** .54*** .71*** .18 .07 .34*
Sleep Duration -- −.24 −.47** −.50*** −.49*** −.00 .27 −.21
Midpoint -- .52*** .48** .53*** −.07 −.12 .07
Carbs after 8 -- .82*** .81*** .14 .13 .44**
Fat after 8 -- .85*** .38** .22 .47**
Protein After 8 -- .32* .20 .49**
Carbs 4 hours before bed -- .42** .77*
Fat 4 hours before bed -- .36*
Protein 4 hours before bed --

BMI= Body mass index, Midpoint= midpoint of sleep, a measure of sleep timing.

*

p<.05

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001,

p<.10