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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 2.

Sleep Curtailment Score as a Predictor of Dietary Intake in Mid-Childhood (N=1,046)1

Mean difference in mid-childhood dietary factor (95%CI)
Sleep Curtailment Score2
0 to 4
4%
5 to 7
12%
8 to 9
15%
10 to 11
29%
12 to 13
40%
Continuous Score
YHEI score3 −4.17 (−8.29,−0.04) −4.51 (−6.84,−2.18) −2.16 (−4.29,−0.03) −1.66 (−3.24,−0.08) 0.0 (ref) 0.59 (0.32, 0.86)*
Whole grains, servings/day −0.20 (−0.50, 0.09) −0.14 (−0.33, 0.06) −0.11 (−0.28, 0.06) −0.16 (−0.30,−0.03) 0.0 (ref) 0.02 (0.00, 0.05)*
Sugary drinks, servings/week 0.18 (−0.10, 0.46) 0.11 (−0.07, 0.28) 0.09 (−0.05, 0.23) 0.04 (−0.06, 0.14) 0.0 (ref) −0.02 (−0.04, 0.00)*
Family dinner, times/week −0.48 (−1.18, 0.21) −0.39 (−0.83, 0.05) −0.08 (−0.48, 0.31) −0.15 (−0.45, 0.15) 0.0 (ref) 0.05 (0.00, 0.10)*
Total dairy, servings/day −0.03 (−0.58, 0.52) −0.21 (−0.55, 0.14) −0.03 (−0.34, 0.27) 0.19 (−0.05, 0.43) 0.0 (ref) 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06)
Fruits and vegetables, servings/day −0.10 (−0.77, 0.57) −0.11 (−0.51, 0.29) 0.09 (−0.28, 0.46) 0.12 (−0.15, 0.39) 0.0 (ref) 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06)
Fast food, servings/week −0.01 (−0.30, 0.27) 0.06 (−0.13, 0.25) 0.03 (−0.13, 0.19) 0.01 (−0.11, 0.13) 0.0 (ref) −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01)
Skipping breakfast, times/week 0.23 (−0.13, 0.59) 0.18 (−0.03, 0.40) 0.04 (−0.16, 0.24) 0.03 (−0.12, 0.17) 0.0 (ref) −0.03 (−0.05, 0.00)*
*

indicates statistical significance at the p≤0.05 level for the continuous score outcome

1

Models adjust for child sex, age in days and race/ethnicity; maternal college graduate (yes/no); and household income (>/≤ 70k)

2

Higher sleep scores indicate more often meeting the recommended sleep for age, i.e., children with higher sleep scores had more adequate sleep duration over childhood.

3

Youth Healthy Eating Index (YHEI) score is not adjusted for other mid-childhood dietary factors.