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Overweight in youth and sleep quality: is there a link?

dc.contributor.authorPacheco SR1, SR
dc.contributor.authorMiranda, AM
dc.contributor.authorCoelho, R
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, AC
dc.contributor.authorBragança, G
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-18T13:55:12Z
dc.date.available2018-06-18T13:55:12Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: Overweight seems to be related to a higher prevalence of sleep disturbances. Decreased sleep duration and altered sleep quality are risk factors for obesity. Our aim was to compare the sleep pattern of overweight children with that of a matched control group and assess the relationship between sleep quality and obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective cohort study comparing 41 overweight children with a normal-weight control group, both submitted to polysomnography. The samples were matched for age, sex, and apnea-hypopnea index. Body mass index (BMI) z-scores were calculated using World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts. Insulin resistance in the study group was determined using the homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Sleep patterns were compared. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS® version 21. RESULTS: The mean age (± standard deviation) of the population was 10 ± 3.4 years (min. 5 years; max. 17 years). Fifty-six percent of the participants in both groups were girls. N3% was lower in the study group (18.95 ± 6.18%) compared with the control group (21.61 ± 7.39%; t (40) = 2.156, p = 0.037). We found a correlation in the study group between HOMA-IR and N3% (Rs = -0.434, p = 0.008). CONCLUSION: The present study suggests a link between overweight/obesity and altered sleep quality due to compromised non-rapid eye movement sleep, an indirect marker of sleep quality. There was also a link between slow-wave sleep duration and insulin resistance. We must find a strategy to provide adequate slow-wave sleep duration to reduce the obesity epidemic at young ages. Further research is needed.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationArch Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul-Aug;61(4):367-373.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/2359-3997000000265pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2359-4292
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/2011
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSegmento Farma Editorespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/aem/v61n4/2359-3997-aem-2359-3997000000265.pdfpt_PT
dc.subjectAdolescentpt_PT
dc.subjectChildpt_PT
dc.subjectOverweightpt_PT
dc.subjectPediatric obesitypt_PT
dc.subjectSleeppt_PT
dc.titleOverweight in youth and sleep quality: is there a link?pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceSão Paulopt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage373pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage367pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleArchives of endocrinology and metabolismpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume61pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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