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. 2015 Nov 16;5:16686. doi: 10.1038/srep16686

Table 1. Characteristics of participants by sleep duration category (N = 66,817).

Characteristic Sleep Duration, hours/day
<5.0 5.0 ~ 6.9 7.0 ~ 8.9 ≥9.0
N %wt Mean (SD) N %wt Mean (SD) N %wt Mean (SD) N %wt Mean (SD)
Female sex 487 47.0   14,263 53.5   20,993 50.1   983 37.2  
Age, years     16.2 (1.5)     16.4 (1.4)     15.5 (1.7)     14.9 (1.5)
Grade
 Junior high school§ 418 42.5   8,530 33.7   23,150 58.1   1,832 74.7  
High school & vocational school 533 57.5   16,053 66.3   15,678 41.9   623 26.3  
 Parental smoking 496 54.4   12,420 52.3   19,340 51.8   1,237 53.0  
Parents highest education at college level
 Both had college degree 82 8.7   1,029 4.4   1,809 4.8   115 5.1  
 Only one of them had college degree 101 11.0   1,855 7.8   2,821 7.5   140 5.9  
 None of them had college degree 756 80.3   21,433 87.8   33,669 87.7   2,158 89.0  
Single family 87 9.6   1,302 5.4   1,617 4.3   100 4.3  
Sleep duration, hours     4.5 (0.7)     6.7 (0.4)     8.0 (0.5)     9.8 (0.6)
Reported BMI&     21.1 (6.3)     20.3 (5.1)     20.0 (5.3)     20.3 (5.9)
Corrected BMI&,$     22.1 (6.6)     21.5 (5.5)     21.7 (6.2)     21.7 (6.2)
Overweight 179 23.6   3,498 16.4   6,430 18.8   559 26.8  
Obesity 94 16.0   1,602 11.2   3,081 13.2   302 18.8  
Physical activity 308 32.3   7,757 31.3   9,552 24.7   528 27.2  
Computer and video games ≥2 hours/day 309 34.0   3,218 13.8   3,521 9.6   187 8.3  
Home work ≥3 hours/day 362 38.3   7,695 31.1   5,191 13.6   205 8.5  
Smoking 156 18.0   1,209 5.5   1,405 4.1   129 6.2  
Alcohol 360 38.9   4,880 21.1   6,168 16.9   387 16.9  
Depression 616 64.7   14,042 57.2   15,708 40.8   709 29.5  
Anxiety 522 55.5   11,431 46.8   14,240 37.0   706 29.2  

Abrreviations: BMI; Bady Mass Index; SD: Standard Deviation.

§Grades 7–9.

Grades 10–12; &Weight (kg)/height (m2); $BMI after correction.