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. 2021 Jun 14;16:276. doi: 10.1186/s13023-021-01911-4

Table 7.

Correlations between sleep and physical activity in children 13–18 years

Children (n = 38) Time in bed (h/day) Total sleep time (h/day) Sleep efficiency (%) Sleep fragmentation Index (%)
Median duration of prolonged sedentary bouts (min)

r = − 0.06

p = 0.74

r = − 0.07

p = 0.69

r = − 0.05

p = 0.79

r = 0.12

p = 0.48

Total prolonged sedentary bout time (min/day)

r = − 0.46

p = 0.005

r = − 0.48

p = 0.003

r = − 0.12

p = 0.48

r = 0.30

p = 0.08

Total activity Z-score (standard deviations)

r = 0.10

p = 0.55

r = 0.13

p = 0.47

r = − 0.10

p = 0.55

r = 0.21

p = 0.23

Spearman correlation coefficients. Significant correlations in bold