Sex-specific associations between self-reported sleep characteristics and 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in men and women of African descent living in a low socioeconomic status environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and sleep health are well-known to be sex- and race-specific. To build on the established relationship between sleep duration and CVD risk, this cross-sectional study aimed to describe sex-specific associations between CVD risk and other sleep characteristics (sleep quality, sleep timing and sleep onset latency) in low-income adults of African descent.

Methods

Self-reported sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI], Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS], Insomnia Severity Index [ISI]), demographic and lifestyle data were collected in 412 adults (56 % women, 35.0 ± 7.6y, 40 % employed) living in an informal settlement in South Africa. CVD risk was determined using the BMI-modified Framingham 10-year CVD risk formula.

Res

SUBMITTER: Forshaw PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11720418 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature