Sleep duration and type 2 diabetes risk: A prospective study in a population-based Mexican American cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

The primary aim of the study was to estimate the effect of sleep duration on prospective type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk across demographic characteristics and follow-up periods, and test body mass index (BMI) as a mediator and moderator.

Methods

Data included adults (M_age = 39.0 ± 12.7 years) born in the United States or Mexico recruited from 2001 to 2012 in a Mexican American cohort study conducted in Houston, TX (n = 15,779). Participants completed self-reported questionnaires at baseline related to health, health behaviors (sleep duration, physical activity, smoking, drinking), and sociocultural factors and were followed up annually.

Results

Cox proportional hazard models estimated hazard ratios (HR) for the effect of sleep duration on T2D d

SUBMITTER: Wu IH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370575 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature