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Sleep symptoms predict the development of the metabolic syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21120125     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Sleep complaints are highly prevalent and associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. This is the first prospective study to report the association between commonly reported sleep symptoms and the development of the metabolic syndrome, a key CVD risk factor.
METHODS: Participants were from the community-based Heart Strategies Concentrating on Risk Evaluation study. The sample was comprised of 812 participants (36% African American; 67% female) who were free of metabolic syndrome at baseline, had completed a baseline sleep questionnaire, and had metabolic syndrome evaluated 3 years after baseline. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was measured cross-sectionally using a portable monitor in a subset of 290 participants. Logistic regression examined the risk of developing metabolic syndrome and its components according to individual sleep symptoms and insomnia syndrome.
RESULTS: Specific symptoms of insomnia (difficulty falling asleep [DFA] and "unrefreshing" sleep), but not a syndromal definition of insomnia, were significant predictors of the development of metabolic syndrome. Loud snoring more than doubled the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome and also predicted specific metabolic abnormalities (hyperglycemia and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol). With further adjustment for AHI or the number of metabolic abnormalities at baseline, loud snoring remained a significant predictor of metabolic syndrome, whereas DFA and unrefreshing sleep were reduced to marginal significance.
CONCLUSION: Difficulty falling asleep, unrefreshing sleep, and, particularly, loud snoring, predicted the development of metabolic syndrome in community adults. Evaluating sleep symptoms can help identify individuals at risk for developing metabolic syndrome.
Authors:
Wendy M Troxel; Daniel J Buysse; Karen A Matthews; Kevin E Kip; Patrick J Strollo; Martica Hall; Oliver Drumheller; Steven E Reis
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Sleep     Volume:  33     ISSN:  0161-8105     ISO Abbreviation:  Sleep     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-01     Completed Date:  2011-03-24     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7809084     Medline TA:  Sleep     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1633-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. troxelw@upmc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Americans*
Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
European Continental Ancestry Group*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Metabolic Syndrome X / epidemiology*
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Sleep Disorders / blood,  complications*,  ethnology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL076852/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL076858/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K23 HL093220-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K23 HL093220-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K23HL093220/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; RR024153/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
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