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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by grade

From: Association between lifestyle, parental smoke, socioeconomic status, and academic performance in Japanese elementary school children: the Super Diet Education Project

 

Junior (1–3)

Senior (4–6)

 

Total n = 1663

n = 826 (%)

n = 837 (%)

P value

Sex (boy)

50.1

49.6

0.83

Wakeup time on week day

 < 6:30 a.m.

52.8

48.6

0.07

 6:30 to < 7:00

44.2

46.6

 

 ≥ 7:00

3.0

4.8

 

Skipping breakfast (yes)

4.5

8.7

< 0.001

Screen time on week day (≥ 2 h)

34.5

43.2

< 0.001

Physical activity

 Very often

28.3

28.7

< 0.001

 Often

48.8

39.7

 

 Rarely

22.9

31.7

 

Bedtime on week day

 < 10 p.m.

88.6

53.7

< 0.001

 10 to < 10:30

9.2

31.2

 

 10:30 or later

2.2

15.2

 

Daytime sleepiness (yes)

12.8

20.9

< 0.001

Obesity (yes)

8.2

7.8

0.73

Cram school (yes)

23.0

27.0

0.06

Study duration at home (< 1 h)

74.8

50.3

< 0.001

Paternal smoke (yes)

42.1

46.2

0.09

Maternal smoke (yes)

10.2

11.7

0.32

Subjective SES

 High

28.3

26.9

0.73

 Middle

47.8

47.9

 

 Low

23.8

25.2

 

Subjective academic performance

  

0.20

 Well or relatively well

82.4

81.6

 

 Neither

11.9

14.1

 

 Relatively poor or poor

5.7

4.3

 
  1. Pearson chi-square test
  2. SES, socioeconomic status