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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2016 Oct 31;41(2):203–209. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2016.194

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Demographics Total (n=97)
M(SD) or N(%)
Women (n=61)
M(SD) or N(%)
Men (n=36)
M(SD) or N(%)

Age (years) 26.8 (7.3) 26.9 (8.4) 26.5 (5.7)

Ethnicity Hispanic/Latino 8 (8.2) 4 (6.6) 4 (11.1)
Non-
Hispanic/Latino
89 (91.8) 57 (93.4) 32 (88.9)

Race Asian 22 (22.7) 14 (23.0) 8 (22.2)
Black/African
American
6 (6.2) 5 (8.2) 1 (2.8)
White 61 (62.9) 38 (62.3) 23 (36.8)
More than one race 7 (7.2) 3 (4.9) 4 (11.1)
Do not wish to
respond
1 (1) 1 (1.6) 0 (0)

Employment*
Full time 34 (35.1) 21 (34.4) 31 (36.1)
Part time 15 (15.5) 11 (18.0) 4 (11.1)
Unemployed 6 (6.2) 4 (6.6) 1 (2.8)
Student 42 (43.3) 25 (41.0) 17 (47.2)

Weight and Body
Fat

BMI (kg/m2) 24.0 (4.6) 23.9 (5.0) 24.7 (3.8)

Body Fat% 30.4 (8.4) 34.8 (6.6) 22.9 (5.6)

Sleep

PSQI Global
Score
3.5 (2.0) 3.6 (2.2) 3.3 (1.6)

Sleep Onset
(hh:mm)
00:47 (1:22) 00:39 (1:22) 01:02 (1:22)

Sleep Offset
(hh:mm)
08:05 (1:14) 08:06 (1:16) 08:04 (1:12)

Sleep midpoint
(hh:mm)
04:42 (1.24) 04:37 (1:17) 04:48 (1:10)

Sleep Duration
(min)
443.7 (50.4) 452.1 (48.1) 429.5 (52.9)

DLMO (hh:mm) 22:36 (1:27) 22:24 (1:18) 22:57 (1:40)

Circadian
alignment (Phase
angle of DLMO
to sleep onset,
hh:mm)
2:11 (0:57) 2:14 (0:59) 2:05 (0:55)

Dietary Intakea

Caloric intake
(kcal)
2079 (656) 1905 (594) 2308 (673)

Protein 87.78 (44.87) 76.72 (47.00) 105.60 (34.97)

Fat 79.17 (33.09) 71.45 (28.80) 91.62 (36.09)

Carbohydrates 243.21 (81.04) 229.98 (76.60) 264.53 (84.48)

Number of meals 4.39 (1.22) 4.46 (1.18) 4.28 (1.28)

Physical activityb

Physical activity
duration above
3.0 mets (hh:mm
per day)
1:49 (0:58) 1:29 (0:49) 2:26 (0:56)

Note. PSQI= Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, DLMO= dim light melatonin onset,

*

79% of participants reported work or school obligations during the 7 days of actigraphy.

Number of participants varies due to missing data for some measures.

a

N=95 for dietary intake,

b

N= 72 for physical activity.