Poor Sleep Quality and Associated Inflammation Predict Preterm Birth: Heightened Risk among African Americans | Zendy

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Poor Sleep Quality and Associated Inflammation Predict Preterm Birth: Heightened Risk among African Americans

Author(s) -

Lisa M. Blair,

Kyle Porter,

Binnaz Leblebicioğlu,

Lisa M. Christian

Publication year - 2015

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.4904

Subject(s) - pittsburgh sleep quality index , medicine , odds ratio , sleep (system call) , gestation , gestational age , confidence interval , premature birth , pregnancy , sleep quality , insomnia , psychiatry , biology , genetics , computer science , operating system

Poor sleep promotes inflammation. In turn, inflammation is a causal mechanism in term as well as preterm parturition. In the United States, a persistent racial disparity in preterm birth exists, with African Americans showing ∼1.5 times greater risk. This study examined associations among sleep quality, serum proinflammatory cytokines, and length of gestation in a racially diverse sample of 138 pregnant women.

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