Relationship between sleep duration and falls in older Mexican Americans: Sex differences in a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the effect of sex in the relationship of sleep duration, sleep disorders, and sleep quality with falls among older Mexican Americans without history of falls at baseline over 9 years of follow up.

Methods

Participants (N = 701) were from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (2007/08-2016). Independent variables were sleep duration (≤5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ≥10 h/night), sleep disorders and sleep quality. The outcome variable was falls, categorized as none versus ≥1 falls. Covariates included socio-demographics and health characteristics. Generalized estimating equation models were performed to estimate the odds ratios (OR) and 95 % Confidence Interval (CI) of falls over time as a function of sleep duration, sleep disorders

SUBMITTER: Perez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12537303 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature