Table 3.

Correlation between moderate physical activity and sleep quality parameters

		Number of interruptions of sleep			Total sleep time			Sleep efficacy			PLMS / h
		N	R	p	N	R	p	N	R	p	N	R	p
MPA 6 AM - 12 noon	All	45	− 0.0040 (95% CI: − 0.1809 – 0.1731)	0.9648	45	− 0.0977 (95% CI: − 0.2701 – 0.0807)	0.2828	45	− 0.0207 (95% CI: − 0.1970 – 0.1569)	0.8207	40	− 0.0917 (95% CI: − 0.2821 – 0.1056)	0.3625
	Males	12	−0.1684 (95% CI: − 0.4933 – 0.1977)	0.3682	12	−0.1531 (95% CI: − 0.4813 – 0.2128)	0.4142	12	− 0.1600 (95% CI: − 0.4867 – 0.2061)	0.3932	8	−0.0108 (95% CI: − 0.4212 – 0.4032)	0.9613
	Females	33	0.0465 (95% CI: −0.1566 – 0.2457)	0.6556	33	−0.0808 (95% CI: − 0.2778 – 0.1228)	0.4376	33	0.0221 (95% CI: −0.1802 – 0.2227)	0.8320	32	−0.1123 (95% CI: − 0.3228 – 0.1087)	0.3191
MPA 12 noon - 6 PM	All	44	−0.0928 (95% CI: − 0.2676 – 0.0879)	0.3140	45	−0.0146 (95% CI: − 0.1912 – 0.1628)	0.8728	45	0.0039 (95% CI: − 0.1733 – 0.1808)	0.9663	40	0.0832 (95% CI: −0.1141 – 0.2742)	0.4090
	Males	11	−0.3259 (95% CI: − 0.6185 – 0.0462)	0.0846	12	−0.0891 (95% CI: − 0.4246 – 0.2679)	0.6303	12	− 0.1318 (95% CI: − 0.4594 – 0.2274)	0.4753	8	−0.1671 (95% CI: − 0.5345 – 0.2534)	0.4395
	Females	33	−0.0231 (95% CI: − 0.2246 – 0.1804)	0.8258	33	0.0092 (95% CI: −0.1938 – 0.2114)	0.9300	33	0.0473 (95% CI: −0.1568 – 0.2475)	0.6517	32	0.1510 (95% CI: −0.0711 – 0.3588)	0.1818
MPA 6 PM - 11 PM	All	45	−0.1116 (95% CI: − 0.2817 – 0.0653)	0.2158	45	−0.2485 (95% CI: − 0.4064 – − 0.0762)	0.0051	45	−0.1305 (95% CI: − 0.2993 – 0.0461)	0.1471	40	− 0.0679 (95% CI: − 0.2589 – 0.1283)	0.4988
	Males	12	0.0386 (95% CI: −0.3088 – 0.3769)	0.8326	12	−0.2741 (95% CI: − 0.5643 – 0.0764)	0.1234	12	−0.2834 (95% CI: − 0.5711 – 0.0664)	0.1106	8	− 0.1786 (95% CI: − 0.5429 – 0.2422)	0.4080
	Females	33	−0.1599 (95% CI: − 0.3501 – 0.0431)	0.1221	33	−0.2401 (95% CI: − 0.4213 – − 0.0405)	0.0188	33	−0.0789 (95% CI: − 0.2761 – 0.1246)	0.4481	32	− 0.0377 (95% CI: − 0.2539 – 0.1822)	0.7393
MPA 6 AM - 11 PM	All	44	− 0.1411 (95% CI: − 0.3124 – 0.0391)	0.1245	45	−0.0805 (95% CI: − 0.2553 – 0.0995)	0.3811	45	− 0.0335 (95% CI: − 0.2107 – 0.1459)	0.7160	40	0.0164 (95% CI: − 0.1806 – 0.2121)	0.8718
	Males	11	−0.0322 (95% CI: − 0.6156 – 0.0509)	0.0891	12	−0.1255 (95% CI: − 0.4647 – 0.2459)	0.5122	12	− 0.1397 (95% CI: − 0.4760 – 0.2323)	0.4650	8	−0.0858 (95% CI: − 0.4810 – 0.3384)	0.7006
	Females	33	−0.0871 (95% CI: − 0.2847 – 0.1176)	0.4048	33	−0.0670 (95% CI: − 0.2660 – 0.1375)	0.5220	33	− 0.0017 (95% CI: − 0.2043 – 0.2010)	0.9870	32	0.0429 (95% CI: − 0.1785 – 0.2602)	0.7062

Note: MPA = moderate physical activity; significant correlations are shown in bold