Journal article
Longitudinal Analysis of Sleep Duration and Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Children
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to determine if sleep duration in early childhood is associated with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in later childhood as assessed by a CMR cluster score [sum of age- and sex-standardized z-scores of waist circumference (WC), systolic blood pressure, triglycerides, glucose, and (inverse) high-density lipoprotein (HDL)]. Secondary objectives included examining sleep duration and the individual CMR factors and BMI …
Authors
Plumptre L; Anderson LN; Chen Y; Carsley S; Narang I; Hamilton J; McCrindle B; Parkin PC; Maguire JL; Birken CS
Journal
Childhood Obesity, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 291–299
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert
Publication Date
August 2017
DOI
10.1089/chi.2016.0279
ISSN
2153-2168