Socioeconomic disparities in sleep duration are associated with cortical thickness in children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Disrupted sleep has been consistently linked with lower academic achievement and worse mental health in children. Less is understood about sleep as a potential factor underlying socioeconomic differences in brain morphometry in children. The goals of this study were to investigate the associations among socioeconomic factors, sleep duration, and brain morphometry in children, and to examine the roles of the sleep environment and family routines in these associations.

Methods

Participants were 5- to 9-year-old children from socioeconomically diverse families (N = 94; 61% female). Parents reported on children's weekday and weekend sleep durations, sleep environment, and family routines. High-resolution, T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data

SUBMITTER: Hansen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9927856 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature