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Table 3 Logistic regression analyses on low academic performance by grade n = 1663

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

  Junior grade (1 to 3) Senior grade (4 to 6)
Low academic Univariate Multivariatea   Univariate Multivariatea
% OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) % OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Sex (girl/boy) 15.8/19.3 0.78 (0.55–1.12) 0.79 (0.54–1.16) 19.0/17.8 1.08 (0.76–1.53) 1.30 (0.89–1.89)
Wakeup time on week day
 < 6:30 a.m. 14.7 1 1 14.7 1 1
 6:30 to < 7:00 19.5 1.40 (0.97–2.03) 1.27 (0.86–1.89) 21.3 1.56 (1.08–2.25) 1.38 (0.94–2.03)
 7:00 40.0 3.88 (1.67–9.00) 3.47 (1.41–8.53) 27.5 2.19 (1.04–4.63) 1.84 (0.85–4.43)
Skipping breakfast (yes/no) 32.4/16.9 2.37 (1.16–4.83) 1.27 (0.56–2.87) 23.3/17.9 1.39 (0.78–2.47) 0.99 (0.53–1.84)
Screen time on week day (≥ 2 h/< 2 h) 23.5/14.4 1.82 (1.27–2.63) 1.45 (0.98–2.15) 21.3/16.2 1.40 (0.98–1.98) 1.29 (0.89–1.88)
Physical activity
 Very often 14.1 1 1 17.1 1  
 Often 16.6 1.22 (0.77–1.91) 1.49 (0.92–2.40) 20.5 1.25 (0.81–1.92) 1.22 (0.78–1.90)
 Rarely 23.8 1.90 (1.16–3.13) 1.84 (1.09–3.12) 17.0 0.99 (0.62–1.58) 0.99 (0.61–1.62)
Bedtime on week day (late/not late) late:  10 for junior and  10:30 for senior grades children 22.3/16.9 1.41 (0.84–2.38) 0.92 (0.51–1.64) 19.7/18.2 1.10 (0.69–1.78) 0.86 (0.51–1.46)
Daytime sleepiness (yes/no) 23.6/16.7 1.54 (0.95–2.52) 1.41 (0.83–2.40) 19.4/18.1 1.09 (0.71–1.66) 0.98 (0.63–1.53)
Obesity (yes/no) 20.6/17.3 1.24 (0.67–2.30) 1.00 (0.52–1.93) 20.0/18.3 1.12 (0.59–2.10) 1.17 (0.60–2.27)
Cram school (no/yes) 18.6/14.2 1.38 (0.87–2.17) 1.01 (0.62–1.66) 19.6/15.0 1.38 (0.91–2.09) 1.03 (0.66–1.61)
Study duration at home (< 1/ 1 h) 19.7/11.1 1.98 (1.23–3.19) 1.81 (1.08–3.02) 23.5/13.2 2.02 (1.41–2.90) 1.92 (1.29–2.85)
Paternal smoke (yes/no) 23.3/13.4 1.96 (1.37–2.82) 1.67 (1.13–2.48) 21.2/16.0 1.41 (0.99–2.00) 1.27 (0.87–1.84)
Maternal smoke (yes/no) 35.7/15.5 3.03 (1.86–4.94) 2.28 (1.32–3.94) 27.6/17.2 1.83 (1.13–2.97) 1.56 (0.92–2.64)
Subjective SES       
 High 14.5 1 1 13.3 1 1
 Middle 17.5 1.25 (0.80–1.95) 1.15 (0.72–1.84) 20.2 1.65 (1.04–2.59) 1.62 (1.02–2.58)
 Low 21.3 1.59 (0.97–2.62) 1.38 (0.82–2.34) 20.4 1.66 (1.00–2.77) 1.52 (0.92–2.57)
  1. SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aAll variables were simultaneously included in the multivariate model. The numbers in Italics showed a statistical significant