A mediation model linking body weight, cognition, and sleep-disordered breathing.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Academic success involves the ability to use cognitive skills in a school environment. Poor academic performance has been linked to disrupted sleep associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In parallel, poor sleep is associated with increased risk for obesity, and weight management problems have been linked to executive dysfunction, suggesting that interactions may be operational between SDB and obesity to adversely affect neurocognitive outcomes.

Objectives

To test whether mediator relationships exist between body weight, SDB, and cognition.

Methods

Structural equation modeling was conducted on data from 351 children in a community-based cohort assessed with the core subtests of the Differential Abilities Scales after an overnight polysomnogram. Bod

SUBMITTER: Spruyt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3297090 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature