Sleep Behavior and Self-Reported Infertility: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Among U.S. Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the associations between sleep behaviors and female infertility.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study composed of 2175 U.S. women 18-44 years of age from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (2015-2018). Bedtime/waketime and sleep duration were extracted from the sleep disorder questionnaire. Self-reported infertility was defined as a binary variable based on the participants' response to the question, "Have you ever attempted to become pregnant over a period of at least a year without becoming pregnant?". Multivariate logistic regression analyses were done to explore the relationship between sleep behaviors and female infertility.

Results

Bedtime (OR=1.24; 95% CI, 1.10-1.40, P = 0.001) and waketime (OR=

SUBMITTER: Liang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127231 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature