Racial disparities in sleep: the role of neighborhood disadvantage.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Disparities in sleep duration and efficiency between Black/African American (AA) and White/European American (EA) adults are well-documented. The objective of this study was to examine neighborhood disadvantage as an explanation for race differences in objectively measured sleep.

Methods

Data were from 133 AA and 293 EA adults who participated in the sleep assessment protocol of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study (57% female; Mean Age = 56.8 years, SD = 11.4). Sleep minutes, onset latency, and waking after sleep onset (WASO) were assessed over seven nights using wrist actigraphy. Neighborhood characteristics were assessed by linking home addresses to tract-level socioeconomic data from the 2000 US Census. Multilevel models estimated associations between

SUBMITTER: Fuller-Rowell TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5171231 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature