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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2022 Jun 1;149(6):e2021054068. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054068

TABLE 5.

Subgroup Analyses for the Association between School Start Time and Youth Outcomes by Later School Start Time

95% CI
Developmental Outcomes Initial School Start Time n m ES Lower Upper P

Aggregated outcome 7:30 to 7:59 3 24
8:00 to 8:29 11 117 0.037 −0.046 0.120 .34
8:30 to 8:59 11 123 0.100 0.018 0.182 .02*
9 or after 4 78
Sleep 7:30 to 7:59 3 17
8:00 to 8:29 9 89 0.026 −0.048 0.099 .44
8:30 to 8:59 11 94 0.141 0.032 0.250 .02*
9 or after 4 52
Duration 7:30 to 7:59 3 6
8:00 to 8:29 8 33 0.056 −0.087 0.200 .38
8:30 to 8:59 11 24 0.184 0.029 0.339 .02*
9 or after 3 9
Quality 7:30 to 7:59a
8:00 to 8:29 4 10
8:30 to 8:59 5 23
9 or after 2 4
Bedtime 7:30 to 7:59 3 4
8:00 to 8:29 6 16 0.222 −0.221 0.665 .25
8:30 to 8:59 7 14 0.168 −0.181 0.517 .28
9 or after 4 12
Wake time 7:30 to 7:59 3 4
8:00 to 8:29 5 13
8:30 to 8:59 7 13 0.015 −0.785 0.815 .96
9 or after 3 10
Chronotype 7:30 to 7:59a
8:00 to 8:29 2 2
8:30 to 8:59 4 4
9 or after 2 4
Sleepiness 7:30 to 7:59 2 2
8:00 to 8:29 5 12 0.188 −0.118 0.495 .16
8:30 to 8:59 5 12 0.448 −0.166 1.060 .11
9 or after 3 5
Socioemotional 7:30 to 7:59 1 7
8:00 to 8:29 1 9
8:30 to 8:59 3 10
9 or after 2 11
Negative 7:30 to 7:59 1 5
8:00 to 8:29 1 6
8:30 to 8:59 2 7
9 or after 2 10
Academic 7:30 to 7:59a
8:00 to 8:29 3 7
8:30 to 8:59 2 2
9 or aftera

Age was adjusted in all analyses. Estimates with df < 4 are not considered to be reliable. ES, effect sizes assessed in correlation; m, number of effect sizes; —, XXX. n, number of studies.

*

P < .05.