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Short Sleep Duration and Body Mass Index: A Prospective Longitudinal Study in Preadolescence

Seegers, V., Petit, D., Falissard, B., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Montplaisir, J., Touchette, E.·2011·American Journal of Epidemiology
DOI 10.1093/aje/kwq389
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Short sleep duration is associated with incidence of overweight and obesity in preadolescent children. The authors performed regression analyses on data from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Kindergarten Children (1986-1987), a prospective cohort study comprising 1,916 preadolescent children in Canada. The aim was to assess associations between time spent in bed and body mass index reported by mothers after adjusting for numerous confounding factors, such as pubertal status. Time-in-bed and body mass index trajectories were computed using a semiparametric model mixture. Time-in-bed trajectories were classified as short (15% of the preadolescents), 10.5-hour (68%), and 11-hour (17%) sleep-duration trajectories, decreasing over time. Body mass index trajectories were classified as normal weight (68% of the preadolescents), overweight (27%), and obese (5%). The short sleep trajectory was associated with an increased odds ratio of being in the overweight body mass index trajectory (odds ratio (OR)=1.55, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.39, 1.71) or in the obese body mass index trajectory (OR=3.26, 95% CI: 3.20, 3.29) compared with the 11-hour trajectory. One hour less of sleep per night at 10 years of age was associated with an increased odds ratio of being overweight (OR=1.51, 95% CI: 1.28, 1.76) or obese (OR=2.07; 95% CI: 1.51, 2.84) at 13 years of age.

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  • In pediatric populations, all 12 longitudinal studies found a positive association between short sleep and later obesity risk.

    “This pattern is particularly consistent in pediatric populations (all 12 studies had positive findings; reviewed in [80]; additional references: [21, 38, 89, 150]).”

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Authors
Seegers, V., Petit, D., Falissard, B., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Montplaisir, J., & Touchette, E.
Affiliations
Université Paris-Sud (FR)
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2011-02-08
Volume
173
Issue
6
Pages
621-629
ISSN
  • 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-6256
DOI
10.1093/aje/kwq389
OpenAlex
W2131213224
Cited by
153
References
46
Citations by year
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FWCI
25.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Keywords
short sleep duration, body mass index, childhood obesity, overweight, preadolescents, sleep trajectories, time in bed, pubertal stage, longitudinal cohort
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Obesity, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Socioeconomic Factors, Body Mass Index, Confidence Intervals, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio

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