Table 1– Description of the study population#
Age years mean±sd11.4±0.3
Males1286 (50.9)
Asthma symptoms317 (12.6)
Frequent asthma symptoms97 (3.9)
Infrequent asthma symptoms220 (8.7)
Diagnosed asthma (including asthma during the previous 12 months)100 (4.0)
No asthma symptoms2202 (87.4)
Specific aspects of asthma
 Wheezing during the last year116 (4.6)
 Dyspnoea during the last year243 (9.6)
 Corticosteroids169 (6.7)
 Ever-diagnosed with asthma288 (11.4)
Sleep mean (sd min)
 Bedtime school day20:43 h (27.4)
 Bedtime not school day21:41 h (39.7)
 Time in bed school day10:06 h (39.2)
 Time in bed nonschool day11:23 h (55.0)
Sleep latency
 Fall asleep immediately619 (24.5)
 Stay awake for a while1509 (59.8)
 Takes a long time to fall asleep394 (15.6)
Nocturnal awakenings
 (Almost) never1324 (52.5)
 Sometimes1090 (43.2)
 (Almost) every night110 (4.4)
Sleep latency after nocturnal awakenings
 Mostly fall asleep immediately615 (51.3)
 Mostly awake for a while488 (40.7)
 Mostly takes a long time to fall asleep96 (8.0)
Feeling fit at rise time school day
 Yes2061 (82.0)
 No452 (18.0)
Daytime sleepiness/tiredness
 (Almost) never1069 (42.4)
 <1 per week880 (34.9)
 ±1 per week282 (11.2)
 ±2 per week165 (6.5)
 ≥3 per week124 (4.9)
  • Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: n=2529.