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Objective sleep assessment in >80,000 UK mid-life adults: Associations with sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity and caffeine.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Normal timing and duration of sleep is vital for all physical and mental health. However, many sleep-related studies depend on self-reported sleep measurements, which have limitations. This study aims to investigate the association of physical activity and sociodemographic characteristics including age, gender, coffee intake and social status with objective sleep measurements.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis was carried out on 82995 participants within the UK Biobank cohort. Sociodemographic and lifestyle information were collected through touch-screen questionnaires in 2007-2010. Sleep and physical activity parameters were later measured objectively using wrist-worn accelerometers in 2013-2015 (participants were aged 43-79 years and wore watches for 7 days). Participants were divided into 5 groups based on their objective sleep duration per night (<5 hours, 5-6 hours, 6-7 hours, 7-8 hours and >8 hours). Binary logistic models were adjusted for age, gender and Townsend Deprivation Index.

Results

Participants who slept 6-7 hours/night were the most frequent (33.5%). Females had longer objective sleep duration than males. Short objective sleep duration (<6 hours) correlated with older age, social deprivation and high coffee intake. Finally, those who slept 6-7 hours/night were most physically active.

Conclusions

Objectively determined short sleep duration was associated with male gender, older age, low social status and high coffee intake. An inverse 'U-shaped' relationship between sleep duration and physical activity was also established. Optimal sleep duration for health in those over 60 may therefore be shorter than younger groups.

SUBMITTER: Zhu G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934314 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Objective sleep assessment in >80,000 UK mid-life adults: Associations with sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity and caffeine.

Zhu Gewei G Catt Michael M Cassidy Sophie S Birch-Machin Mark M Trenell Michael M Hiden Hugo H Woodman Simon S Anderson Kirstie N KN

PloS one 20191227 12

<h4>Study objectives</h4>Normal timing and duration of sleep is vital for all physical and mental health. However, many sleep-related studies depend on self-reported sleep measurements, which have limitations. This study aims to investigate the association of physical activity and sociodemographic characteristics including age, gender, coffee intake and social status with objective sleep measurements.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional analysis was carried out on 82995 participants within the UK B ...[more]

PMID: 31881028

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Objective sleep assessment in >80,000 UK mid-life adults: Associations with sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity and caffeine.

Study objectives

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