Dangui Zhang, Darong Wen, Ganyuan He, Zhenyu Chen, Wenrui Zeng, Lichun Lu, Chuangfeng Huang, William Ba-Thein
Health literacy and risk of viral hepatitis among Chinese school children
Journal of infection in developing countries
aim study determine sleep duration early childhood associated cardiometabolic risk cmr later childhood assessed cmr cluster score sum age sexstandardized zscores waist circumference wc systolic blood pressure triglycerides glucose inverse highdensity lipoprotein hdl secondary objectives included examining sleep duration individual cmr factors bmi zscore prospective cohort study conducted using data target kids practicebased research network toronto canada children n 597 parentreported 24hour sleep duration early childhood 1236 months followup visit 3696 months five cmr factors included analysis multivariable linear regression used assess relationship early childhood sleep duration later childhood cmr adjusting relevant covariates average 24hour sleep duration early childhood mean age 281 66 months 118 14 hours 87 meeting exceeding total sleep recommendations age sleep duration early childhood associated cmr cluster score later childhood shorter sleep duration associated higher hdl concentrations adjusted 0028 95 confidence interval 0049 0007 p 0009 research needed determine early childhood sleep duration associated hdl later childhood future studies investigate sleep quality addition sleep duration may helpful