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The Association Between Obesity and Short Sleep Duration: A Population-Based Study

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Singh, Meeta, Drake, Christopher L., Roehrs, Timothy, Hudgel, David W., Roth, and Thomas·2005·Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
DOI 10.5664/jcsm.26361PMC PMC13109519
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Study objectives To assess the association between nightly total sleep time (TST) and obesity in an epidemiologic sample of metropolitan Detroit, Michigan.Methods Data were collected through telephone interviews completed using a population-based sample of 3158. The self-reported average nightly TST during the 2 weeks before the interview was used to divide the sample into 6 groups (hours per night of sleep; < or = 5, > 5 < or = 6, > 6 < or = 7, > 7 < or = 8, > 8 < or = 9, > 9). Obesity was defined as a body mass index > or = 30. Health and demographic variables were also assessed.Results The overall prevalence of obesity was 24.8% and was significantly higher in individuals with lower amounts of TST. Compared with those with 7 to 8 hours of TST, individuals obtaining 5 hours or less and more than 5 but 6 hours or less of TST had significantly increased odds of being obese, after controlling for age, sex, loud snoring, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and alcohol intake (odds ratio = 1.7, 95% confidence interval = 1.3-2.3 and odds ratio = 1.4, 95% confidence interval = 1.1-1.8, respectively). A low TST was a significant predictor of a high body mass index. Furthermore, a low TST was also a significant predictor of diabetes, prior to controlling for body mass index. Interestingly, the prevalence of reduced habitual TST (< or = 5 hours) was higher in African Americans, in comparison with Caucasians (18.7% vs 7.4%; p < .001).Conclusions Our population-based data suggest that short sleep duration is associated with elevated prevalence of obesity and adds to the growing body of evidence supporting this relationship.

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  • Sleep durations longer or shorter than 7-8 hours in a 24-hour period are associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors, depression, automobile and workplace accidents, learning and memory problems, and excess mortality.

    “Sleep duration is associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors, depression, automobile and workplace accidents, and prospective mortality.”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [5]

  • Young children, being unmarried, working long hours, overweight and obesity, and measures of poor health including acute and chronic respiratory conditions, pain, and anxiety increase the odds of short sleep and have a null or inverse association with long sleep.

    “Young children, being unmarried (19,26), working long hours (11,27,28), overweight and obesity (3-5), and measures of poor health (13,14,16,20,37,38,40) including acute and chronic respiratory conditions, pain, and anxiety increase the odds of short sleep and have a null or inverse association with long sleep.”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [5]

  • Self-reported sleep duration reliably predicts prospective mortality and other health outcomes.

    “self-reported sleep duration reliably predicts prospective mortality and other health outcomes (1-7, 13-18).”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [5]

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Authors
Singh, M., Drake, C. L., Roehrs, T., Hudgel, D. W., & Roth, A. T.
Affiliations
Wayne State University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2005-10-15
Volume
1
Issue
4
Pages
357-363
ISSN
  • 1550-9389 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9397
DOI
10.5664/jcsm.26361
PMC
PMC13109519
OpenAlex
W1321646
Cited by
184
References
29
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FWCI
10.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
Keywords
obesity, short sleep duration, total sleep time, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, African Americans, racial differences, sleep and health
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Humans, Disorders of Excessive Somnolence, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Population Surveillance, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep Deprivation, Body Mass Index, Prevalence, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

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