Association between asthma and sleep hours in Brazilian adolescents: ERICA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between asthma and sleep duration in participants of the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents.

Materials and methods

Cross-sectional, national, school-based study, involving adolescents aged 12-17 years. In the period between 2013-14, data from 59,442 participants were analyzed. Bivariate analysis between current asthma and short sleep duration, defined as < 7 h/night, was performed separately with the other variables analyzed: sex, age group, type of school, weight categories, and common mental disorders. Then, different generalized linear models with Poisson family and logarithmic link functions were used to assess the independence of potential confounding covariates associated with both asthma and short sleep duration in th

SUBMITTER: Estanislau NRDA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432073 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature