Open AccessDoes Sleep Duration Predict Metabolic Risk in Obese Adolescents Attending Tertiary Services? A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Valerie Sung,
Dean W. Beebe,
Rhonda VanDyke,
Matthew Fenchel,
Nancy A. Crimmins,
Shelley Kirk,
Harriet Hiscock,
Raouf S. Amin,
Melissa Wake
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1122
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , actigraphy , waist , obesity , metabolic syndrome , anthropometry , confounding , cross sectional study , insulin resistance , sleep (system call) , pediatrics , endocrinology , circadian rhythm , pathology , computer science , operating system
To determine, in a clinical sample of obese adolescents, whether shorter sleep duration is associated with metabolic risk and obesity severity.
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