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Plasma DHA Is Related to Sleep Timing and Duration in a Cohort of Mexican Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delayed sleep timing and short sleep duration represent a significant public health burden in adolescents. Whether intake of nutrients affects the pineal gland, where sleep/wake cycles are regulated, remains unclear.

Objectives

In a cross-sectional analysis, we investigated whether plasma concentrations of DHA and arachidonic acid (AA), long-chain fatty acids that can be obtained through diet, were related to sleep timing and duration in adolescents.

Methods

The study population included 405 Mexico City adolescents (mean age ± SD = 14.2 ± 2.1 y; 48% males) who took part in a 2015-2016 follow-up visit as a part of an ongoing cohort study. Fatty acid concentrations were measured in plasma using GLC, as a percentage of total fatty acids. Sleep midpoint and duration were assessed with 7-d wrist actigraphy. We categorized DHA and AA plasma concentrations into quartiles (Q1-Q4; Q4 = highest fatty acids). We conducted cross-sectional linear regression analysis with sleep characteristics as separate outcomes and quartiles of DHA and AA as exposures, adjusting for sex, age, and BMI z-scores.

Results

Mean ± SD plasma DHA (as percentage of total fatty acids) was 1.2 ± 0.4%, whereas mean ± SD plasma AA was 6.2 ± 1.5%. In adjusted analysis, higher plasma DHA was linearly associated with longer sleep duration on the weekends; to illustrate, those in Q4 compared with Q1 had 32 min longer duration (95% CI: 7, 57; P trend = 0.005). Higher DHA was also associated with earlier sleep timing during weekdays and weekends, although in a nonlinear fashion. The largest difference was a 0.75-h (45-min) later sleep midpoint in Q2 compared with Q4 (95% CI: 0.36, 1.14).

Conclusions

Plasma DHA was associated with earlier sleep timing and longer weekend sleep duration in Mexican adolescents. Whether DHA supplementation improves sleep in adolescent populations deserves consideration in randomized trials.

SUBMITTER: Jansen EC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056614 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plasma DHA Is Related to Sleep Timing and Duration in a Cohort of Mexican Adolescents.

Jansen Erica C EC Conroy Deirdre A DA Burgess Helen J HJ O'Brien Louise M LM Cantoral Alejandra A Téllez-Rojo Martha María MM Peterson Karen E KE Baylin Ana A

The Journal of nutrition 20200301 3

<h4>Background</h4>Delayed sleep timing and short sleep duration represent a significant public health burden in adolescents. Whether intake of nutrients affects the pineal gland, where sleep/wake cycles are regulated, remains unclear.<h4>Objectives</h4>In a cross-sectional analysis, we investigated whether plasma concentrations of DHA and arachidonic acid (AA), long-chain fatty acids that can be obtained through diet, were related to sleep timing and duration in adolescents.<h4>Methods</h4>The ...[more]

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