Short sleep duration and health outcomes: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

Publication date: Available online 26 August 2016
Source:Sleep Medicine
Author(s): Osamu Itani, Maki Jike, Norio Watanabe, Yoshitaka Kaneita
ObjectiveThe dose-response of short sleep duration in mortality has been studied, in addition to the incidences of notable health complications and diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, coronary heart diseases, obesity, depression and dyslipidemia.MethodsWe collected data from prospective cohort studies with follow-ups of one year or more on associations between short sleep duration and the outcomes. For the independent variable, we divided participants at baseline into short sleepers and normal sleepers. The primary outcomes were defined as mortality and an incident of each health outcome in the long-term follow-up. Risk ratios (RRs) for each outcome were calculated through meta-analyses of adjusted data from individual studies. Sub-group and meta-regression analyses were performed to investigate the association between each outcome and the duration of short sleep.ResultsData from a cumulative total of 5172710 participants were collected from 153 studies. Short sleep was significantly associated with the mortality outcome (RR, 1.12; 95%CI, 1.08 to 1.16). Similar significant results were observed in diabetes mellitus (1.37, 1.22 to 1.53), hypertension (1.17, 1.09 to 1.26), cardiovascular diseases (1.16, 1.10 to 1.23), coronary heart diseases (1.26, 1.15 to 1.38), and obesity (1.38, 1.25 to 1.53). There was no sufficient usable evidence for meta-analyses in depression and dyslipidemia. Meta-regression analyses found a linear association between a statistically significant increase in mortality and sleep duration at less than six hours. No dose-response was identified in the other outcomes.ConclusionsBased on our findings, future studies should examine the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to improve sleep on reducing these health outcomes in general community settings.



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