Self-reported body silhouette trajectories across the lifespan and excessive daytime sleepiness in adulthood: a retrospective analysis. The Paris Prospective Study III.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a common sleep complaint in the population and is increasingly recognised as deleterious for health. Simple and sensitive tools allowing identifying individuals at greater risk of EDS would be of public health importance. Hence, we determined trajectories of body silhouette from early childhood to adulthood and evaluated their association with EDS in adulthood.

Design

A retrospective analysis in a prospective community-based study.

Participants

6820 men and women self-reported their silhouette at ages 8, 15, 25, 35 and 45 using the body silhouettes proposed by Stunkard et al. EDS was defined by an Epworth Sleepiness Scale score ≥11.

Main outcome measure

Presence of EDS in adulthood.

Results

The stud

SUBMITTER: Lisan Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875603 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature