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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Breath. 2013 Aug 9;18(2):257–263. doi: 10.1007/s11325-013-0874-8

Table 4.

Relationships of academic performance with sleep duration, sleep quality, behavioral and other risk factors

Academic Performance
Variables β –Coef. Std. Err. t P-value
Sleep quality −0.012 0.004 −3.03 0.002**
Sleep duration
> 7hours Ref.
6-7hours 0.0 13 0.0 23 0.57 0.572
5-6 hours −0.027 0.035 −0.76 0.446
<5 hours −0.074 0.038 −1.95 0.052
Sex
Female Ref
Male 0.2 74 0.0 26 10. 63 <0.001**
Class non-attendance
None Ref
< 1 week −0.067 0.0 24 −2.77 0.006**
1-2 weeks −0.094 0.044 −2.15 0.031*
>2 weeks −0.119 0.060 −2.00 0.045*
Cigarette smoking
No Ref
Yes −0.123 0.0 70 −1.76 0.078
Alcohol use
No Ref
Yes −0.066 0.0 33 −2.01 0.044*
Khat use
none Ref
< 1 per week −0.060 0.0 79 −0.75 0.454
1-2 per week −0.063 0.054 −1.18 0.238
>=3 per week 0.017 0.063 0.27 0.786
Coffee
No Ref
Yes 0.0 25 0.0 22 1.12 0.262
Year of study
2nd year Ref
3rd year 0.0 60 0.0 22 2.76 0.006**
4th year & more 0.192 0.040 4.80 <0.001**
*

P-value≤0.05

**

≤0.01

Note: the model also controlled for stress, depression, and university attended.