Sleep Duration and Waist Circumference in Adults: A Meta-Analysis | Zendy

Susan D. Sperry | Zendy; Iiona D. Scully | Zendy; Richard H. Gramzow | Zendy; Randall Steven Jorgensen | Zendy

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Sleep Duration and Waist Circumference in Adults: A Meta-Analysis

Author(s) -

Susan D. Sperry,

Iiona D. Scully,

Richard H. Gramzow,

Randall Steven Jorgensen

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.4906

Subject(s) - waist , circumference , meta analysis , sleep (system call) , duration (music) , medicine , psychology , pediatrics , body mass index , computer science , mathematics , physics , operating system , acoustics , geometry

Previous research has demonstrated a relation between insufficient sleep and overall obesity. Waist circumference (WC), a measure of central adiposity, has been demonstrated to improve prediction of health risk. However, recent research on the relation of insufficient sleep duration to WC in adults has yielded inconsistent findings.

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