The Association of Sleep Duration and Morbid Obesity in a Working Population: The Baptist Health South Florida Employee Study
| Autor: | Wasim Maziak, Khurram Nasir, Henry Guzman, Emir Veledar, Theodore Feldman, Ehimen Aneni, Chukwuemeka U. Osondu, Sankalp Das, Salim S. Virani, Adnan Younus, Rehan Malik, Arthur S. Agatston, Muhammad Aziz, Maribeth Rouseff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male Work Time Factors Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Population 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Morbid obesity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal Medicine medicine Prevalence Working population Humans education Occupational Health education.field_of_study business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Sleep in non-human animals Obesity Obesity Morbid Cross-Sectional Studies Protestantism Florida Sleep Deprivation Female medicine.symptom business Sleep Body mass index Weight gain 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Sleep duration |
| Zdroj: | Metabolic syndrome and related disorders. 15(2) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8518 |
| Popis: | The current study aimed to determine the relationship between self-reported sleep duration and morbid obesity in an employee population.Baptist Health South Florida conducts an annual Health Risk Assessment (HRA) for its employees. Data for this cross-sectional study was collected via this HRA in 2014, and included information on self-reported sleep duration, height and weight for body mass index (BMI), and other biometric measures. Average sleep duration was categorized as short sleep (6 hr), optimal sleep (6-7.9 hr), and long sleep duration (≥8 hr), while obesity status was categorized as nonobese (BMI30 kg/mA total of 9505 participants (mean age 42.8 ± 12.1 years, 75% females, and 55% Hispanic) were included in this study. Prevalence of morbid obesity was about 24% among employees who were sleeping for less than 6 hr compared to 13% and 14% among those sleeping for 6-7.9 hours, and 8 or more hours respectively. In regression analyses, persons who slept less than 6 hr had almost twice the odds of morbid obesity compared to those who slept 6-7.9 hr (odds ratio = 1.8; 1.5-2.2).Our finding that short sleep duration (6 hr) is significantly associated with a higher risk of morbid obesity should facilitate the development of workplace-based programs that focus on improving sleep among at-risk employees, especially those who work in shift duties to reduce the risk of morbid obesity and other comorbid conditions. Future studies are needed to further explore the relationship of sleep duration and morbid obesity in employee populations. |
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