Open AccessChildhood Sleep Duration and Quality in Relation to Leptin Concentration in Two Cohort Studies
Author(s) -
Caroline E. Boeke,
Amy StorferIsser,
Susan Redline,
Elsie M. Taveras
Publication year - 2014
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.3510
Subject(s) - leptin , medicine , polysomnography , obesity , cohort , population , sleep (system call) , cohort study , endocrinology , prospective cohort study , pediatrics , demography , apnea , environmental health , sociology , computer science , operating system
Poor sleep in childhood is associated with increased obesity risk, possibly by affecting appetite-regulating hormones such as leptin. We examined short- and long-term sleep duration and quality in relation to leptin in two US pediatric cohorts.
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