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AuthorFatima, Yaqoot
AuthorDoi, Suhail A R
AuthorAl Mamun, Abdullah
Available date2018-12-31T09:15:41Z
Publication Date2018-04
Publication NameSleep Health
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2018.01.002
CitationFatima, Yaqoot, Suhail AR Doi, and Abdullah Al Mamun. "Sleep problems in adolescence and overweight/obesity in young adults: is there a causal link?." Sleep health 4.2 (2018): 154-159.
ISSN2352-7226
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/11234
AbstractThis study aims to explore if there is a causal association between adolescence sleep problems and overweight/obesity (Ow/Ob) in young adults. Youth self-reports were used to explore if adolescence (mean age 13.90 years, SD ±0.32) sleep problems lead to general Ow/Ob, computed from body mass index (n = 1075), or abdominal Ow/Ob, computed from waist circumference and waist to height ratio (n = 1179), in young adults (mean age 20.65 years, SD±0.82). Directed acyclic graphs were used to identify potential confounders, modified Poisson regression with a robust error variance was used to model the associations, and inverse probability weights were used to account for loss to follow-up. At adolescence, 27.37% of the subjects reported having frequent sleep problems, and about a fifth of these subjects (22.65%) developed general Ow/Ob at young adulthood. Unadjusted regression analysis indicates a link between adolescent sleep problems and general Ow/Ob in young adults (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.08-2.03), and this link was robust to adjustment for potential confounders (IRR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.07-2.02). However, no such association was seen for adolescence sleep problems, and abdominal Ow/Ob computed from waist circumference (IRR: 1.30, 95% CI: 0.91-1.87) and waist to height ratio (IRR: 1.27, 95% CI: 0.86-1.88). Although there is evidence for a causal association between sleep problems and general Ow/Ob, the link between sleep problems and abdominal Ow/Ob needs more research to produce conclusive results. Nonetheless, behavioral interventions encouraging healthy sleep practice in young subjects are likely to influence future Ow/Ob outcome.
SponsorMUSP was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (grant 210298). AAM is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Awards (ID 519756).
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectAdolescence
Causal link
Obesity
Overweight
Sleep problems
TitleSleep problems in adolescence and overweight/obesity in young adults: is there a causal link?
TypeArticle
Pagination154-159
Issue Number2
Volume Number4
ESSN2352-7218


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