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. 2019 Apr 9;24:22. doi: 10.1186/s12199-019-0776-x

Table 2.

Overall analyses on low academic performance n = 1663

Low academic Univariate Multivariatea
% OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Sex (girl/boy) 17.4/18.6 0.92 (0.72–1.19) 0.53 1.00 (0.77–1.31) 0.98
Senior grade (4–6)/junior (1–3) 18.4 / 17.6 1.06 (0.82–1.36) 0.65 1.11 (0.84–1.45) 0.47
Wakeup time on week day
 < 6:30 a.m. 14.7 1 1
 6:30 to < 7:00 20.4 1.49 (1.15–1.93) < 0.01 1.36 (1.03–1.78) 0.03
 7:00 32.3 2.77 (1.59–4.81) < 0.001 2.48 (1.36–4.50) < 0.01
Skipping breakfast (yes/no) 26.4/17.4 1.70 (1.09–2.65) 0.02 1.10 (0.68–1.78) 0.71
Screen time on week day (≥ 2 h/< 2 h) 22.3/15.3 1.59 (1.24–2.05) < 0.001 1.35 (1.04–1.76) 0.03
Physical activity
 Very often 15.6 1 1
 Often 18.4 1.22 (0.89–1.66) 0.22 1.30 (0.94–1.79) 0.11
 Rarely 19.8 1.34 (0.95–1.88) 0.09 1.33 (0.93–1.90) 0.11
Bedtime on week day (late/not late) late:  10 for junior, and  10:30 for senior grades children 20.8/17.5 1.23 (0.87–1.76) 0.24 0.87 (0.59–1.28) 0.49
Daytime sleepiness (yes/no) 21.0/17.4 1.27 (0.92–1.74) 0.15 1.10 (0.78–1.54) 0.58
Obesity (yes/no) 20.3/17.8 1.18 (0.76–1.83) 0.47 1.07 (0.67–1.70) 0.78
Cram school (no/yes) 19.1/14.7 1.37 (1.01–1.86) 0.04 1.01 (0.73–1.40) 0.96
Study duration at home (<1 h/ 1 h) 21.5/12.5 1.89 (1.43–2.50) < 0.001 1.82 (1.34–2.49) < 0.001
Paternal smoke (yes/no) 22.2/14.7 1.66 (1.29–2.14) < 0.001 1.47 (1.12–1.92) < 0.01
Maternal smoke (yes/no) 31.3/16.3 2.34 (1.66–3.29) < 0.001 1.87 (1.29–2.72) < 0.001
Subjective SES
 High 13.9 1 1
 Middle 18.8 1.43 (1.04–1.97) 0.03 1.37 (0.99–1.90) 0.06
 Low 20.8 1.62 (1.14–2.32) < 0.01 1.48 (1.03–2.14) 0.04

SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

aAll variables were simultaneously included in the multivariate model. The numbers in Italics showed a statistical significant