Self-reported sleep characteristics and risk for incident vertebral and hip fracture in women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationships between self-reported sleep characteristics and risk of incident vertebral fracture and hip fracture in women.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Nurses' Health Studies (NHS: 2002-2014, NHSII: 2001-2015).

Participants

Total 122,254 female registered nurses (46,129 NHS, 76,125 NHSII) without prior history of fracture.

Exposure

Sleep was characterized by 4 sleep-related domains-sleep duration, sleep difficulty, snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness-assessed by self-reported questionnaires.

Outcomes

Self-reports of vertebral fracture were confirmed by medical record review and hip fracture was assessed by biennial questionnaires.

Results

Over 12-14 years of follow-up, 569 incident vertebral fra

SUBMITTER: Huang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8995338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature