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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Chronobiol Int. 2017 Dec 12;35(3):312–328. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2017.1405014

Table 4.

Characteristics of Latent Groups: Sleep Onset Latency, Wake After Sleep Onset, Sleep Efficiency (n=312 participants, 1,297 of observations), Energy Balance Study, Columbia, SC, 2011–2014

Variable Sleep Onset Latency Wake After Sleep Onset Sleep Efficiency
Low High p-value1 Low High p-value1 High Low p-value1
10.8±0.2 19.2±0.3 42.1±0.9 90.7±1.7 85.4±0.1 74.8±0.3
% % % % % %
Sex
 Male 49 54 0.50 51 50 0.99 47 60 0.04
 Female 51 46 49 50 53 40
Race
 European American 68 61 0.50 75 36 <0.01 76 40 <0.01
 African American 11 11 7 24 7 20
 Other1 21 28 18 40 17 40
Employment
 Student/other2 41 58 0.01 43 54 0.10 43 51 0.20
 Employed 59 42 57 46 57 49
Income ($)
 < 20,000 8 17 0.20 16 26 0.10 16 20 0.04
 20,000 to < 40,000 33 46 34 45 32 48
 40,000 to < 60,000 22 12 19 19 21 15
 60,000 to < 80,000 14 13 16 5 14 11
 ≥ 80,000 13 12 15 5 16 6
Marital status
 Married3 47 42 0.30 47 41 0.40 48 40 0.20
 Single4 53 58 53 59 52 60
Children
 Yes 12 18 0.30 14 12 0.60 14 11 0.40
 No 88 82 86 88 86 89
Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE
Chronotype (h) 4.0±0.04 4.3±0.01 <0.01 4.0±0.04 4.4±0.1 0.01 4.0±0.1 4.4±0.1 <0.01
Age (yrs) 27.64±0.1 27.8±0.2 0.40 27.7±3.6 27.6±4.2 0.30 27.9±0.1 27.1±0.2 <0.01
Physical activity (h/d) 2.3±0.1 2.0±0.1 0.10 2.2±0.1 2.1±0.1 0.60 2.2±0.1 2.1±0.1 0.60
Caffeine (g/d) 114.3±3.8 114.2±6.4 0.80 119.9±6.1 94.6±11.2 0.05 124.2±6.2 87.2±10.1 0.01
E-DII 0.5±0.1 0.5±0.2 0.90 0.4±0.1 0.6±0.2 0.40 0.4±0.1 0.6±0.2 0.40
BMI (kg/m2) 25.0±0.2 26.0±0.4 0.05 25.2±0.2 25.5±0.5 0.64 25.0±0.3 25.9±0.4 0.06
1

Overall F-test p-value for variable of interest.

2

Mean±SE in parentheses.

1

Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native American, mixed race.

2

Out of work (<1 year), homemaker, unable to work.

3

Includes members of unmarried couples.

4

Includes divorced and separated. Abbreviations: WASO stands for Wake After Sleep Onset, SE - Standard Error, E-DII - energy-adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Index.