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. 2021 Jun 24;9(7):91. doi: 10.3390/sports9070091

Table 2.

Characteristics of sleep and PA by actimetry.

ASD CONT D Value
Sleep variables Total wearing time of actimeter 23.4 ± 0.4 23.0 ± 0.7 0.06
Total bed time (h) 9.6 ± 0.7 9.9 ± 0.8 0.48
Sleep duration (h) 7.0 ± 0.9 7.1 ± 0.8 0.12
Sleep quality index (%) 74.9 ± 7.1 74.4 ± 7.4 0.08
Bedtime resistance (min) 12.8 ± 7.0 10.5 ± 4.4 0.31
Sleep latency (min) 13.6 ± 9.7 15.9 ± 6.6 0.21
Wake-up time resistance (min) 1.4 ± 3.0 0.2 ± 0.4 ** 0.44
Awakening latency (min) 15.5 ± 8.6 19.3 ± 6.7 0.43
Wakening after sleep onset (min) 113.0 ± 41.0 126.7 ± 49.3 0.31
Physical activity Total energy expenditure (kCal) 1602 ± 566 1650 ± 594 0.07
MVPA energy expenditure (kCal) 430 ± 237 594 ± 272 * 0.61
Total time for PA (min) 158 ± 77 216 ± 59 ** 0.77
Time for sedentary behavior (min) 1282 ± 77 1223 ± 61 ** 0.77
Time for MVPA (min) 156 ± 75 209 ± 59 * 0.72
Time for vigorous PA (min) 20 ± 21 42 ± 19 *** 0.96
Time for strong vigorous PA (min) 2 ± 3 6 ± 6 * 0.86
Daily steps number 12,658 ± 4833 15,739 ± 3286 * 0.58

Values are mean ± SD. ASD: children with autism spectrum disorders; CONT: control; h: hours; min: minutes; MVPA: moderate to vigorous physical activity (see methods). * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001: significantly different between ASD and CONT.