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. 2019 Apr 23;9:6380. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42859-7

Table 3.

Adjusted* association between EBRBs and general and abdominal obesity stratified by sleep time among adolescents’ girls studied from HELENA-CSS and BRACAH study

Sleep time ≥ 8 h/day Sleep time < 8 h/day
n HELENA p n BRACAH p n HELENA p n BRACAH p
coef β (95%CI) coef β (95%CI) coef β (95%CI) coef β (95%CI)
BMI
Skip breakfast 862 1.13 (0.64; 1.61) <0.001 197 0.27 (−0.70; 1.24) 0.580 439 −0.19 (−0.81; 0.44) 0.560 188 0.26 (−0.73; 1.24) 0.605
Sedentary behaviour 862 0.27 (−0.22; 0.77) 0.274 439 0.44 (−0.21; 1.09) 0.182
Physical activity 862 −0.13 (−0.80; 0.54) 0.702 200 0.10 (−0.99; 1.18) 0.862 439 −0.31 (−1.11; 0.50) 0.459 190 0.24 (−0.78; 1.27) 0.641
Waist circumference
Skip breakfast 851 1.97 (0.90; 3.03) <0.001 197 1.96 (−0.92; 4.85) 0.182 428 −1.61 (−2.63; 0.30) 0.120 188 1.73 (−0.99; 4.44) 0.211
Sedentary behaviour 851 1.20 (0.12; 2.27) 0.029 428 1.22 (−0.31; 2.74) 0.117
Physical activity 881 0.01 (−1.42; 1.44) 0.989 200 −1.14 (−4.34; 2.05) 0.482 444 −0.19 (−2.05; 1.68) 0.845 190 0.66 (−2.18; 3.50) 0.646
Waist to height
Skip breakfast 851 0.02 (0.01; 0.02) <0.001 428 −0.01 (− 0.01; 0.00) 0.235
Sedentary behaviour 851 0.01 (0.00; 0.02) 0.010 428 0.01 (0.00; 0.02) 0.041
Physical activity

Adjusted by potential confounders: center (only in HELENA-CSS), age and education mother. Significant associations are in bold.

EBRBs: energy balance-related behaviours, BMI: body mass index, HELENA-CSS: Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence cross-sectional study, BRACAH study: Brazilian Cardiovascular Adolescent Health study, CI: confidence interval, coef β: beta coefficient.