Authors
Martica H Hall, Matthew F Muldoon, J Richard Jennings, Daniel J Buysse, Janine D Flory, Stephen B Manuck
Publication date
2008/5/1
Journal
Sleep
Volume
31
Issue
5
Pages
635-643
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Study objective
Short and long sleep duration have been linked to various risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In the present study, we evaluated the relationship between sleep duration and presence of the metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of physiologically interrelated risk factors for cardiometabolic disease.
Design/Setting
Cross-sectional community-based cohort study.
Participants
One thousand two hundred fourteen participants from the Adult Health and Behavior Project registry (aged 30 to 54 years).
Measurements
Participants were divided into 4 groups based upon their reported sleep duration. The metabolic syndrome was defined according to the American Heart Association/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's criteria. Logistic regression was used to test the hypothesis that sleep duration is a significant correlate …
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