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. 2020 Feb;49:101226. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2019.101226

Table 3.

Exposure: Evening screen time.

Outcome Age group Unfavorably related to exposure Favorably related to exposure Summary
N participants (total (if n = 1) or range) Quality
n/N (%)* P value#
Sleep duration Infants [47]b 2/2 (100.0) 0.250 Longitudinal: 208
Cross-sectional: 208
Very lowa
Bedtime Infants [43] 1/1 (100.0) 0.500 Cross-sectional: 1033 Very lowa
Sleep duration Toddlers [39,47] 2/2 (100.0) 0.250 Cross-sectional: 208 to 1702 Very lowa
Bedtime Toddlers [43] 1/1 (100.0) 0.500 Cross-sectional: 1033 Very lowa
Sleep duration Preschoolers [34] TV viewing, tablet, game player, iPod use [35,46], [34] Smartphone, laptop 3/4 (75.0) 0.313 Cross-sectional: 107 to 1096 Very lowa
Bedtime Preschoolers [46] 1/1 (100.0) 0.500 Cross-sectional: 1096 Very lowa
Sleep quality Preschoolers [32] 1/1 (100.0) 0.500 Cross-sectional: 617 Very lowa

*n = number of associations showing unfavorable association, N = total number of associations for the specific exposure-outcome relationship reported; #two-sided p-value from the binomial probability test. Small p-value indicates higher probability that the results are valid.

a

Quality of evidence was downgraded due to serious risk of bias. Quality rating of individual studies can be found in Table S1.

b

IndicatesLongitudinal study.