Short Sleep Duration Is Related to Emerging Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children

Abstract

Short sleep duration increases the severity of obesity and is related to cardiovascular risk factors in children.

Cardiometabolic Health in Obese Adolescents Is Related to Length of Obesity Exposure: A Pilot Study

“…Shorter sleep duration has often been related to obesity and cardiovascular risks even in children (37). Hankinson et al confirmed that women with MHO slept longer than those at risk (29).…”

Role of sleep quality in the metabolic syndrome

“…Some studies have shown associations in males but not in females,98,104 while other studies have shown similar associations in both sexes 105. Several studies have reported that short sleep in childhood and adolescence is associated with a higher waist circumference, a surrogate measure of visceral adiposity and one of the features of the MetS 96,106–108. In a UK study, sleep duration associated negatively not only with the ponderal index (a measure of adiposity) but also with fat mass – that is, school children who slept less had greater adipose tissue mass than children who slept more 90.…”

Daytime sleepiness is associated with hyperhomocysteinemia in rural area of China: A cross-sectional study

“…Epidemiologic studies have showed that sleep duration abnormity is significantly associated with CVD and stroke [14,[31][32]. In addition, sleep duration abnormity has been recently identified as an important independent risk factor for Hhcy [33][34]. However, as far as we know, studies to addressing the association between sleep duration abnormity and Hhcy among Chinese population are lacking.…”