The role of prescription medications in the association of self-reported sleep duration and obesity in U.S. adults, 2007-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous research has not investigated the role of prescription medication in sleep-obesity associations despite the fact that 56% of U.S. adults take at least one prescription medication.

Methods

Data from n = 16,622 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2012) were used to examine how the association between obesity and self-reported sleep duration varied by total number of prescription medications used in the past 30 days and by select classes of prescription medications including anxiolytics/sedatives/hypnotics, antidepressants, sleep aids, anticonvulsants, thyroid agents, and metabolic agents.

Results

Logistic regression analyses showed a significant inverse linear association of sleep duration and obesity, regardless of th

SUBMITTER: Lawman HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467537 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature