Sleep Duration and Body Mass Index in a Rural Population

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• Personal Author:
  Burmeister LF ; Kohatsu ND ; Merchant, James A. ; Stromquist AM ; Tsai R ; Vangilder R ; Young T
• Description:
  A growing body of epidemiological evidence suggests an association between short sleep duration and obesity. Recently, potential hormonal links have been observed that may account for the relationship. The possible connection between sleep duration and body mass index (BMI) has not been explored in rural populations. Rural populations are of interest because obesity rates are high and lifestyle patterns of nutrition, physical activity, work hours, and sleep may differ from those in urban and suburban populations. We conducted this study to determine whether short sleep duration is related to BMI and obesity in a rural population in southeast Iowa. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the Keokuk County Rural Health Cohort Study, 1999-2004. Study participants were from a population-based sample consisting of 990 employed adults in a rural community in southeastern Iowa. The main outcome measure was BMI. Multiple linear regression modeling was used to adjust for potential confounding variables. Self-reported sleep duration on weeknights was negatively correlated (beta = -0.42; 95% confidence interval, -0.77 to -0.07) with higher BMI after adjusting for sex, age, educational achievement, physical job demand, household income, depressive symptoms, marital status, alcohol consumption, and snoring. These data support an association between short sleep duration and higher BMI in this rural population, which is consistent with the relationship found in other settings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Body Weight Demography Epidemiology Farmers Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Body Weight Demographic-characteristics Sampling-methods Sex-factors Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders
• ISSN:
  0003-9926
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  166
• Issue:
  16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030977
• Citation:
  Arch Intern Med 2006 Sep; 166(16):1701-1705
• Contact Point Address:
  Neal D. Kohatsu, MD, MPH, California Department of Health Services, Mail Stop 7202, PO Box 997413, Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
• Email:
  nkohatsu@dhs.ca.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Internal Medicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8062e4f37bb9cb31cefaf6033e1ac4d0dbdaebb7634d0c158cedcc286007d40c350ddde4292ef35a092378cd6f083357113cfc990162093c7f0e4c8db57dc9e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191388/cdc_191388_DS1.pdf
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