Relationship between sleep duration and metabolic syndrome in obese children

VernacularTitle:睡眠时间与肥胖儿童代谢综合征的关系
Author: Fang ZHOU ¹ ; Jun-Fen FU ; Chun-Iin WANG ; Li LIANG
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1. 浙江省诸暨市中医医院
Keywords: Obese children; Metabolic syndrome; Sleep duration
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2010;31(4):455-458
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and metabolic syndrome in obese children.Methods Sleep time was recorded and metabolic syndrome (MS) diagnostic criteria as blood pressure,body mass index (BMI) were measured among 311 obese children.The children were divided into 4 groups by sleep time while normal-weight children served as the control group.A disorderly multi-classification logistic regression method was used.Results Statistically,significant differences were found in the levels of BMI,blood pressure,fasting blood glucose and postprandial 2 h glucose and the incidence rates of abnormality on MS,blood pressure,fasting insulin,and BMI≥30 kg/m2 between the group with daily sleep time less than 8 h and the group with daily sleep time no less than 10 h (P＜0.05).Date from logistic regression analysis revealed that the reduction of sleep time was the risk factor of MS in obese children.Conclusion Insufficient sleep could greatly contribute to the occurrence of MS in obese children.