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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Nov 23;24(1):184–190. doi: 10.1002/oby.21196

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics by Sleep Curtailment Category (N=1,046)

Characteristic Sleep curtailment score: 0=maximal curtailed sleep to 13=never curtailed sleep
0 to 4
41 (4%)
5 to 7
129 (12%)
8 to 9
151 (15%)
10 to 11
306 (29%)
12 to 13
419 (40%)
Mean (SD) or N (%)
Sleep curtailment score 3.20 (1.30) 6.09 (1.02) 8.61 (0.65) 10.59 (0.62) 12.46 (0.54)
Maternal/Household Characteristics
College graduate, % 14 (34) 62 (49) 95 (62) 233 (76) 337 (81)
Household income >70k/year, % 11 (27) 60 (47) 81 (54) 205 (67) 311 (74)
Child Characteristics
Race/ethnicity, %
 Asian 2 (4) 7 (5) 6 (4) 10 (3) 10 (2)
 Black 15 (36) 43 (33) 42 (28) 39 (13) 17 (4)
 Hispanic 4 (9) 11 (8) 6 (4) 6 (2) 10 (2)
 Other 12 (29) 19 (15) 17 (11) 38 (12) 39 (9)
 Non-Hispanic White 9 (21) 49 (38) 81 (54) 213 (70) 343 (82)
Female, % 23 (57) 51 (39) 74 (49) 151 (49) 226 (54)
Sleep duration, hours/day
 6 months 10.17 (2.42) 11.00 (2.17) 11.46 (2.47) 12.17 (1.96) 13.09 (1.65)
 1 year 10.64 (2.31) 11.63 (2.19) 12.20 (1.90) 12.73 (1.67) 13.47 (1.24)
 2 years 10.12 (1.44) 10.71 (1.39) 11.43 (1.38) 12.02 (1.14) 12.61 (0.84)
 3 years 9.53 (1.26) 9.97 (1.24) 10.67 (1.40) 11.18 (1.12) 11.82 (0.83)
 4 years 9.37 (0.96) 9.85 (1.14) 10.37 (1.12) 10.78 (1.06) 11.36 (0.83)
 5 years 8.88 (1.42) 9.82 (1.58) 10.24 (1.27) 10.63 (1.06) 11.03 (0.96)
 6 years 8.85 (1.33) 9.47 (1.28) 9.98 (1.11) 10.31 (1.06) 10.65 (0.78)
 7 years 8.26 (1.04) 8.99 (1.13) 9.44 (1.04) 9.93 (0.81) 10.32 (0.59)
Mid-Childhood, 7-Year Visit
BMI z-score 0.98 (1.03) 0.57 (1.03) 0.49 (0.96) 0.36 (1.00) 0.21 (0.93)
Television, hours/day 2.35 (1.43) 2.00 (1.36) 1.70 (1.20) 1.52 (1.02) 1.28 (0.83)
Family dinner, times/week 4.93 (2.46) 5.01 (2.41) 5.48 (2.29) 5.52 (2.06) 5.78 (1.73)
Skipping breakfast, times/week 0.61 (1.22) 0.54 (1.45) 0.32 (1.09) 0.25 (0.97) 0.19 (0.77)
Fast food, servings/week 0.82 (0.91) 0.88 (1.13) 0.72 (0.90) 0.70 (0.87) 0.62 (0.72)
Youth Healthy Eating Index 54.39 (13.63) 54.49 (11.23) 57.5 (11.12) 58.81 (10.08) 60.92 (10.80)
Fruit, servings/day 1.20 (1.14) 1.29 (1.32) 1.60 (1.58) 1.69 (1.45) 1.70 (1.32)
Vegetables, servings/day 1.22 (1.26) 1.18 (1.08) 1.29 (1.02) 1.35 (0.90) 1.35 (0.94)
Whole grains, servings/day 0.55 (0.65) 0.66 (0.86) 0.76 (0.95) 0.79 (0.90) 0.97 (0.98)
Total dairy, servings/day 1.97 (1.63) 1.92 (1.66) 2.12 (1.73) 2.47 (1.74) 2.40 (1.54)
Red/processed meats, servings/day 0.50 (0.64) 0.54 (0.67) 0.47 (0.44) 0.55 (0.48) 0.49 (0.44)
Sweet/salty snacks, servings/day 0.26 (0.38) 0.38 (0.50) 0.29 (0.36) 0.38 (0.39) 0.37 (0.34)
Sugary drinks, servings/day 0.68 (1.18) 0.57 (1.09) 0.43 (0.96) 0.34 (0.67) 0.25 (0.51)