Is daytime napping associated with inflammation in adolescents?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Daytime napping has been associated with poor health outcomes in adults. It is not known whether daytime napping is similarly linked to adverse health in adolescents, although many report napping. The present study evaluated associations between daytime napping and 2 markers of increased inflammation, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 (IL-6), in healthy high school students.

Methods

Two hundred thirty-four Black and White high school students completed a week of actigraph and diary measures of sleep and napping and provided a fasting blood sample. Napping measures were the proportion of days napped and the average minutes napped across 1 week during the school year.

Results

Linear regressions adjusted for age, sex, race, average nocturnal

SUBMITTER: Jakubowski KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5118199 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature