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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2015 Jul 16;95:275–284. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.07.014

Table 5.

Percent (95% CI) consuming ≥ 30% total daily kcal at last meal or snack before bedtime by sleep duration and BMI group a

≥30% of total daily kcal at last meal or snack near bedtimeb
(n= 8,752)

Characteristic Subgroup N % (95% CI) Pc
Sleep duration ***
    Short 787 9.9 (7.2, 13.3)
    Intermediate 6,501 15.7 (14.4, 17.1)
    Long 1,464 23.1 (20.1, 26.4)
BMI
    Underweight 70 16.1 (6.2, 35.7)
    Normal weight 1,810 17.8 (15.5, 20.4)
    Overweight 3,506 16.3 (14.4, 18.3)
    Obese 3,345 16.0 (14.3, 17.9)
a

All values except subgroup N account for complex survey design and incorporate sample weights.

b

Near bedtime is defined as being within 3 hours of bedtime with a buffer of one hr

c

P value obtained from Chi-square tests at

*

for P < 0.05;

**

for P < 0.01;

***

for P < 0.001.

Definitions: CI = confidence interval; sleep duration - short is ≤ 6 hours; intermediate is > 6 and ≤ 9 hours; long is > 9 hours; underweight is BMI < 18.5; normal weight is BMI ≥ 18.5 and < 25; overweight is BMI ≥ 25 and < 30; obese is BMI ≥ 30.