Short sleep duration is associated with insulin resistance independent of adiposity in Chinese adult twins.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between sleep duration and insulin resistance in rural Chinese adults and examine whether any such associations are independent of adiposity.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional analysis of 854 men and 640 women aged 20 to 70 years from the Anqing Twin Cohort. The following measures were obtained for each subject: Body mass index (BMI) and percentage of trunk fat (%TF), fasting plasma glucose, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR), self-reported sleep duration and measures of snoring and sleep disturbance from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Indices (PSQI) questionnaire were modified for a Chinese population. Multivariate linear regressions were applied to examine the association of sleep duration with HOMA-IR,

SUBMITTER: Liu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3210935 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature