Authors
Hanna Kische, Ralf Ewert, Ingo Fietze, Stefan Gross, Henri Wallaschofski, Henry Völzke, Marcus Dörr, Matthias Nauck, Anne Obst, Beate Stubbe, Thomas Penzel, Robin Haring
Publication date
2016/11/1
Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume
101
Issue
11
Pages
3968-3977
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Context and Objectives
Associations between sex hormones and sleep habits originate mainly from small and selected patient-based samples. We examined data from a population-based sample with various sleep characteristics and the major part of sex hormones measured by mass spectrometry.
Design, Setting, and Participants
We used data from 204 men and 213 women of the cross-sectional Study of Health in Pomerania-TREND.
Main Outcome and Measures
Associations of total T (TT) and free T, androstenedione (ASD), estrone, estradiol (E2), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate, SHBG, and E2 to TT ratio with sleep measures (including total sleep time, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, apnea-hypopnea index [AHI], Insomnia Severity Index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) were assessed by sex-specific …
Scholar articles
H Kische, R Ewert, I Fietze, S Gross, H Wallaschofski… - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016