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Table 2 CMD frequency at baseline, according to population characteristics, by sex

From: Gender differences in the impact of sleep duration on common mental disorders in school students

Variables

CMD

Boys (%)

n = 486

Girls (%)

n = 348

Age (years)

 

p chi2

 

p chi2

 9 to 11

37.4

0.661

26.4

0.007

 12 to 17

36.3

 

33.7

 

Economic status

 

p trend

 

p trend

 1° quintile

27.0

< 0.001

28.5

0.017

 2° quintile

32.3

 

24.7

 

 3° quintile

34.1

 

26.6

 

 4° quintile

35.5

 

28.1

 

 5° quintile

50.6

 

40.3

 

Weight status

 

p trend

 

p trend

 Thinness

32.8

0.009

36.4

0.052

 Adequate

39.5

 

30.2

 

 Overweight

32.3

 

27.8

 

 Obesity

32.6

 

23.0

 

Physical activity (min/week)

 

p trend

 

p trend

 Inactive

21.3

< 0.001

25.8

< 0.001

 insufficiently active (1–149)

30.9

 

25.1

 

 insufficiently active (150–299)

43.0

 

34.6

 

 Active (> = 300)

62.7

 

42.9

 

Sleep duration (h/day)

 

p chi2*

 

p chi2*

 Short

39.6

0.012

28.1

0.479

 Adequate

31.6

 

26.0

 

 Long

34.4

0.586

27.6

0.761

  1. *Chi-square test between “short and adequate sleep duration” and “long and adequate sleep duration”, and CMD, by sex
  2. Adequate sleep duration: for children of school-age (6 to 12 years), 9 to 12 h is recommended and, for adolescents (13 to 18 years), 8 to 10 h