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. 2017 Dec;17(4):327–333.

Table 2.

Characteristics of male and female participants according to sleep durationa.

Sleep duration (h/d) Τrend pb
<7 7-8 >8
Male participants
n 1675 3324 1252
BMI (kg/m2) 23.1 (22.9-23.4)c 23.2 (23.1-23.4) 23.3 (23.0-23.5) 0.381
Grade (%)
First year 30.5 30.8 30.8 0.839
Second year 28.7 29.1 28.7 0.991
Third year 26.0 24.9 25.6 0.739
Fourth year 14.8 15.1 14.9 0.898
Minority race (%) 5.5 6.8 6.7 0.146
Physical activity (≥23METs h/week; %) 37.4 34.7 41.7 0.050
Living status (dormitory; %) 92.5 92.2 92.8 0.791
Smoking status (%)
Smoker 19.3 20.1 19.5 0.865
Drinking status (%)
Drinking everyday 6.6 6.3 4.2 0.012
Drink occasionally 28.8 28.4 30.9 0.256
Non-drinker 64.7 65.3 64.9 0.874
Depressive symptom (%) 18.1 19.7 19.8 0.211
Regular consumption of Hypnotic drug (%) 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.269
Female participants
n 1032 2147 695
BMI (kg/m2) 21.3 (21.0-21.5) 21.2 (21.0-21.3) 21.1 (20.8-21.4) 0.449
Grade (%)
First year 28.2 29.5 27.2 0.781
Second year 27.0 27.5 28.9 0.411
Third year 25.7 24.9 27.2 0.577
Fourth year 19.1 18.1 16.7 0.207
Minority race (%) 8.2 7.0 8.3 0.890
Physical activity (≥23METs h/week; %) 32.1 34.9 38.7 0.005
Living status (dormitory; %) 92.1 90.4 91.1 0.373
Smoking status (%)
Smoker 2.7 1.7 2.7 0.765
Drinking status (%)
Drinking everyday 5.3 4.6 3.3 0.054
Drink occasionally 20.7 20.7 23.5 0.225
Non-drinker 73.9 74.7 73.2 0.832
Depressive symptom (%) 16.5 19.8 20.4 0.026
Regular consumption of Hypnotic drug (%) 1.9 1.6 0.9 0.090
a

BMI: body mass index; PA: physical activity.

b

Obtained using ANOVA for continuous variables and x2 test for proportional variables.

c

Mean; 95% CI in parentheses (all such values).