Short and long sleep duration associated with race/ethnicity, sociodemographics, and socioeconomic position.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Short and/or long sleep duration are associated with cardiometabolic disease risk and may be differentially experienced among minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. The present study examined nationally representative data along multiple dimensions of race/ ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Survey.

Patients or participants

2007-2008 NHANES (N = 4,850).

Interventions

None.

Measurements and results

Self-reported sleep duration was classified as very short (< 5 h), short (5-6 h), normative (7-8 h) and long (≥ 9 h). Population-weighted multinomial logistic regression analyses examined race/ ethnicity, country of origin, language, income, education, health insurance, and food security, con

SUBMITTER: Whinnery J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3920327 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature