Actigraphy Measured Sleep Indices and Adiposity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Conclusions:Among an older multi-ethnic cohort, we found robust associations across multiple indices of sleep and adiposity. Targeting sleep characteristics may be of benefit in obesity interventions, but more research is needed to rule out reverse causality.Citation:Ogilvie RP, Redline S, Bertoni AG, Chen X, Ouyang P, Szklo M, Lutsey PL. Actigraphy measured sleep indices and adiposity: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).SLEEP 2016;39(9):1701–1708.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research