Early childhood sleep quality in a pediatric cohort: sex-specific differences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor sleep health in childhood has significant implications for life-long physical, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes, but sleep problems and potential developmentally-driven sex differences in early childhood are poorly understood.

Objective

To objectively assess sleep health and investigate sex-specific differences in sleep in early childhood.

Methods

Three hundred thirty-six children enrolled in the PRogramming of Intergenerational Stress Mechanisms (PRISM) pregnancy cohort in Boston and New York City underwent actigraphy for 7 days. A subset (n = 117) completed home unattended Type II polysomnography (PSG). Sleep parameters from actigraphy and PSG were examined using standard descriptive analyses, and non-parametric tests of comparison of means,

SUBMITTER: Bose S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713980 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature