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Association between Sleep Duration and Mortality Is Mediated by Markers of Inflammation and Health in Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

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Hall, Martica H., Smagula, Stephen F., Boudreau, Robert M., Ayonayon, Hilsa N., Goldman, Suzanne E., Harris, Tamara B., Naydeck, Barbara L., Rubin, Susan M. +5 more·2015·Sleep

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STUDY OBJECTIVES: Inflammation may represent a common physiological pathway linking both short and long sleep duration to mortality. We evaluated inflammatory markers as mediators of the relationship between sleep duration and mortality in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN: Prospective cohort with longitudinal follow-up for mortality outcomes. SETTING: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee. PARTICIPANTS: Participants in the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study (mean age 73.6 ± 2.9 years at baseline) were sampled and recruited from Medicare listings. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Baseline measures of subjective sleep duration, markers of inflammation (serum interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, and C-reactive protein) and health status were evaluated as predictors of all-cause mortality (average follow-up = 8.2 ± 2.3 years). Sleep duration was related to mortality, and age-, sex-, and race-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) were highest for those with the shortest (< 6 h HR: 1.30, CI: 1.05-1.61) and longest (> 8 h HR: 1.49, CI: 1.15-1.93) sleep durations. Adjustment for inflammatory markers and health status attenuated the HR for short (< 6 h) sleepers (HR = 1.06, 95% CI = 0.83-1.34). Age-, sex-, and race-adjusted HRs for the > 8-h sleeper group were less strongly attenuated by adjustment for inflammatory markers than by other health factors associated with poor sleep with adjusted HR = 1.23, 95% CI = 0.93-1.63. Inflammatory markers remained significantly associated with mortality. CONCLUSION: Inflammatory markers, lifestyle, and health status explained mortality risk associated with short sleep, while the mortality risk associated with long sleep was explained predominantly by lifestyle and health status.

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  • In human and animal models, sleep disturbances pre- and post-surgery have been shown to be associated with prolonged postoperative recovery time and increased pain.

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Hall, M. H., Smagula, S. F., Boudreau, R. M., Ayonayon, H. N., Goldman, S. E., Harris, T. B., Naydeck, B. L., Rubin, S. M., Samuelsson, L., Satterfield, S., Stone, K. L., Visser, M., & Newman, A. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
  • California Pacific Medical Center (US)
  • Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
Corresponding author
Newman, Anne B.
Venue
Sleep
Published
2015-02-01
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
189-195
ISSN
  • 0161-8105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9109
OpenAlex
W2021634825
Cited by
155
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 3
FWCI
21.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • SLEEP (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG028050, N01AG62106, 01-AG-6-2101, N01-AG-62103, P30AG024827, T32AG000181)
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR012459)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Keywords
sleep duration, mortality, inflammation, interleukin-6, TNF-α, C-reactive protein, mediation analysis, older adults, short sleep duration, long sleep, health status, lifestyle factors, Health ABC Study
MeSH terms
Aged, Aging, Body Composition, C-Reactive Protein, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Status, Humans, Inflammation, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mortality, Pennsylvania, Prospective Studies, Residence Characteristics, Sleep, Tennessee, Time Factors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Biomarkers, Interleukin-6, Survival Analysis, Racial Groups

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