Skip to main content
. 2019 Jun 3;127(6):067001. doi: 10.1289/EHP3431

Table 2.

Spearman correlation coefficients between measured light exposure in the evening and at night and proxies of outdoor exposure (n=256).

Time frames of average LAN exposure VIIRS-DNB ISS photoa
Average bedroom exposure during the darkest period of the night (n=250)b 0.04 0.02
Average exposure in the time children were reported to be in bedc 0.03 0.002
Average exposure during the time period of civil twilightd 0.11 0.03
Average exposure between start of civil twilight and bedtime (n=217)e 0.05 0.004
Average exposure in the hour before children went to bed 0.04 0.007

Note: ISS, International Space Station; LAN, light at night; VIIRS-DNB, Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night band.

a

ISS photo: composite photo from pictures taken from the ISS.

b

Between 0012 and 0310 hours, corresponding to the start and end times of astronomical twilight (geometric center of the sun is 18° below the horizon) during the shortest night of the year, the lower n is based on six children for whom only measurements during the full moon were available.

c

Bedtime: self-reported information from diaries.

d

Civil twilight corresponds to the time period when the geometric center of the sun is 6° below the horizon.

e

The lower n is based on several children for whom bedtime preceded timing of civil twilight.