Associations of sleep duration with metabolic syndrome and its components in adult Koreans: from the Health Examinees Study

• Published in: Sleep and biological rhythms Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 361 - 368
• Main Authors: Yoon, Hyung-Suk, Lee, Kyoung-Mu, Yang, Jae Jeong, Lee, Hwi-Won, Song, Minkyo, Lee, Sang-Ah, Lee, Jong-koo, Kang, Daehee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Health Psychology; Human Physiology; Internal Medicine; Neurology; Neurosciences; Original Article; Psychiatry; Korean; Triglycerides; The health examinees (HEXA) study; Metabolic syndrome; Sleep duration
• ISSN: 1446-9235; 1479-8425
• DOI: 10.1007/s41105-016-0065-7

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the associations of sleep duration and with metabolic syndrome and its components. A total of 72,673 participants from the Health Examinees Study were analyzed to investigate the association of sleep duration with metabolic syndrome and its components. Using the NCEP-ATP III guideline and multiple logistic regression models, odds ratios (ORs) were estimated, stratified by sex. Long-sleep duration was significantly associated with an increased OR for metabolic syndrome in women (OR 1.53, 95 % CI 1.32–1.78), but not in men (1.19, 0.98–1.46). Both short- and long-sleep duration were significantly associated with elevated triglycerides among men (short and long sleep, respectively: 1.09, 1.00–1.19; 1.26, 1.04–1.52). Women were associated with long-sleep duration and all of metabolic syndrome components, especially triglycerides (1.29, 1.11–1.50). In conclusion, long-sleep duration is significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in women. Moreover, triglycerides revealed association across sleep duration among components of metabolic syndrome.