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The role of prescription medications in the association of self-reported sleep duration and obesity in U.S. adults, 2007-2012.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Previous research has not investigated the role of prescription medication in sleep-obesity associations despite the fact that 56% of U.S. adults take at least one prescription medication. METHODS:Data from n?=?16,622 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2012) were used to examine how the association between obesity and self-reported sleep duration varied by total number of prescription medications used in the past 30 days and by select classes of prescription medications including anxiolytics/sedatives/hypnotics, antidepressants, sleep aids, anticonvulsants, thyroid agents, and metabolic agents. RESULTS:Logistic regression analyses showed a significant inverse linear association of sleep duration and obesity, regardless of the total number of prescription medications individuals were taking. Each additional hour of sleep was associated with a 10% decrease in the odds of obesity. Results suggest that increased sleep duration is associated with lower odds of having obesity overall, even for long-duration sleepers (?9 h), and this association does not differ for those taking antidepressants, thyroid agents, metabolic agents, and multiple prescription medications. CONCLUSIONS:The relationship between sleep duration and obesity was similar among all prescription medication users and nonusers. The potential for a nonlinear association between sleep duration and obesity may be important to examine in some specific prescription medication classes.

SUBMITTER: Lawman HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467537 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The role of prescription medications in the association of self-reported sleep duration and obesity in U.S. adults, 2007-2012.

Lawman Hannah G HG   D Fryar Cheryl C   Gu Qiuping Q   Ogden Cynthia L CL  

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20160907 10


<h4>Objective</h4>Previous research has not investigated the role of prescription medication in sleep-obesity associations despite the fact that 56% of U.S. adults take at least one prescription medication.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from n = 16,622 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2012) were used to examine how the association between obesity and self-reported sleep duration varied by total number of prescription medications used in the past 30 days and by select cl  ...[more]

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