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. 2019 Oct 25;11:253–263. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S225883

Table 4.

Results Of Logistic Regression Analysis, Adjusted For Age, Weight And Gender, For Selected Variables Relative To Sleep Duration Categories Among Saudi Children

Variable Sleep Categories (<9 hrs Versus ≥ 9 hrs)a
aOR (95% CI) SE p-Value
Body weight 1.00 0.990–1.02 0.007 0.651
Age (older age = ref) 1.00
 Younger age 1.12 1.00–1.24 0.055 0.046
Gender (boy = ref) 1.00
 Girl 1.39 1.02–1.88 0.156 0.037
Father education (<high school = ref) 1.00
 High school 1.80 1.14–2.83 0.231 0.011
 College degree 2.01 1.22–3.32 0.257 0.007
 Post-graduate degree 3.00 1.46–6.14 0.366 0.003
Mother education (<high school = ref) 1.00
 High school 1.42 0.62–3.21 0.418 0.405
 College degree 1.44 0.65–3.18 0.404 0.365
 Post-graduate degree 2.05 0.84–4.97 0.453 0.114
Family income (≥20,001= ref) 1.00
 10,000–20,000 1.01 0.66–1.54 0.217 0.975
 ≤ 10,000 0.87 0.55–1.39 0.239 0.571
No. of Family member in the house (≥10 = ref) 1.00
 6–9 1.64 0.88–3.05 0.317 0.120
 2–5 1.67 0.93–3.01 0.301 0.089
No. of obese children in the family (none = ref) 1.00
 1–2 0.79 0.36–1.74 0.402 0.560
 3+ 0.49 0.23–1.05 0.386 0.066
Overweight/obesity (Overweight/obesity = ref) 1.00
 Non-overweight/non-obese 1.08 0.71–1.64 0.214 0.717
Breakfast intake (non-daily = ref) 1.00
 Daily 1.44 1.01–2.08 0.186 0.049
Screen time (<2 hrs/day = ref) 1.00
 ≥2 hrs/day 0.69 0.50–0.97 0.168 0.033
Physical activity (high level = ref) 1.00
 Medium 0.92 0.48–1.76 0.333 0.789
 Low 0.82 0.51–1.34 0.250 0.438

Note: aInsufficient sleep was used as a reference category.

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; hrs, hours per night; ref, reference category; SE, standard error. Bold values indicate significance.