| Title: | Exploration of Sleep as a Specific Risk Factor for Poor Metabolic and Mental Health: A UK Biobank Study of 84,404 Participants |
| Journal: | Nature and Science of Sleep |
| Published: | 1 Oct 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34712066/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2147/nss.s323160 |
| URL: | https://www.dovepress.com/getfile.php?fileID=75166 |
Publication 4831
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Abstract
PURPOSE: Short and long sleep durations have adverse effects on physical and mental health. However, most studies are based on self-reported sleep duration and health status. Therefore, this longitudinal study aims to investigate objectively measured sleep duration and subsequent primary health care records in older adults to investigate the impact of sleep duration and fragmentation on physical and mental health.METHODS: Data on objective sleep duration were measured using accelerometry. Primary care health records were then obtained from the UK Biobank (n=84,404). Participants (mean age, 62.4 years) were divided into five groups according to their sleep duration derived from the accelerometry data: <5 hours, 5-6 hours, 6-7 hours, 7-8 hours and >8 hours. ICD-10 codes were used for the analysis of primary care data. Wake after sleep onset, activity level during the least active 5 hours and episodes of movement during sleep were analysed as an indication for sleep fragmentation. Binary regression models were adjusted for age, gender and Townsend deprivation score.
RESULTS: A "U-shaped" relationship was found between sleep duration and diseases including diabetes, hypertension and heart disease and depression. Short and long sleep durations and fragmented sleep were associated with increased odds of disease.
CONCLUSION: Six to eight hours of sleep, as well as less fragmented sleep, predicted better long-term metabolic and mental health.
9 Authors
- Gewei Zhu
- Sophie Cassidy
- Hugo Hiden
- Simon Woodman
- Michael Trenell
- David A Gunn
- Michael Catt
- Mark Birch-Machin
- Kirstie N Anderson
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