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Table 2 Frequencies of each sleep category at 6 and 12 months

From: Sleep during infancy, inhibitory control and working memory in toddlers: findings from the FinnBrain cohort study

 

6 months

12 months

P value*

Cut-offs 10th, 10-90th, 90th

N (%)

Cut-offs 10th, 10-90th, 90th

N (%)

Nighttime sleep duration

Short (≤8.50 h)

39 (12.4)

Short (< 9 h)

42 (14.9)

< 0.001

Intermediate (8.51-11 h)

196 (62.2)

Medium (9.01–11)

142 (50.5)

0.098

Long (> 11 h)

80 (25.4)

Long (> 11)

97 (34.5)

< 0.001

Daytime sleep duration

Short (≤2.25 h)

50 (15.8)

Short (≤1.50 h)

29 (10.1)

< 0.001

Intermediate (2.26–5.33 h)

233 (73.5)

Medium (1.51–3.50 h)

211 (73.8)

0.428

Long (> 5.33 h)

34 (10.7)

Long (> 3.50 h)

46 (16.1)

0.009

Total sleep duration per 24 h

Short (≤12 h)

46 (14.6)

Short (≤11 h)

34 (12.5)

0.006

Intermediate (12.01–15.30 h)

235 (74.6)

Medium (11.01-14 h)

204 (73.1)

0.351

Long (> 15.30 h)

34 (10.8)

Long (> 14 h)

40 (14.3)

0.010

% daytime sleep duration / total sleep

Low (≤18.52%)

33 (10.5)

Low (≤13%)

31 (11.1)

0.174

Intermediate (18.53–36%)

248 (78.7)

Medium (13.01–27%)

224 (80.3)

0.202

High (> 36%)

34 (10.8)

High (> 27.01%)

24 (8.6)

0.008

Frequency of night awakenings

Low (≤0.5times)

33 (10.6)

Low (≤0times)

31 (11.3)

0.165

Intermediate (0.6-4times)

245 (78.5)

Medium (0.1–3.50times)

216 (78.5)

< 0.001

High (>4times)

34 (10.9)

High (> 3.50times)

28 (10.2)

0.004

Time awake at night

Short (≤0 h)

51 (16.9)

Short (≤0.01 h)

28 (11.0)

< 0.001

Intermediate (0.01–0.75 h)

214 (71.1)

Medium (0.02–0.83 h)

186 (73.2)

0.031

Long (> 0.75 h)

36 (12.0)

Long (> 0.83 h)

40 (15.7)

0.027

  1. We created the cut-offs based on the 10th, 10-90th and 90th percentiles; these cut-offs follow the National Sleep Foundation’s sleep duration recommendations (Hirshkowitz et al., 2015)
  2. *Chi-square test was used to examine the difference in the proportions at 6 months compared to 12 months, for each of the sleep categories. Here only the p values are presented