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Association of Sleep Duration and Quality With Alterations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenocortical Axis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
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Association of Sleep Duration and Quality With Alterations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenocortical Axis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Cecilia Castro-Diehl, Ana V. Diez Roux, Susan Redline, Teresa Seeman, Sandi E. Shrager and Steven Shea
The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, v 100(8), pp 3149-3158
01 Aug 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2015-1198
PMID: 26046965
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Abstract

Endocrinology & Metabolism Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
Context: Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality are associated with cardiovascular outcomes. One mechanism proposed to explain this association is altered diurnal cortisol secretion. Objective: The objective of the study was to examine the associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with diurnal salivary cortisol levels. Design: This was a cross-sectional analysis using data from examination 5 (2010-2012) of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Actigraphy-based measures of sleep duration and efficiency were collected over 7 days, and salivary cortisol samples were collected over 2 days from participants aged 54-93 years (n = 600 with analyzable data). Results: Shorter average sleep duration (<6 h/night) was associated with less pronounced late decline in cortisol [2.2% difference in slope; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8-3.7; P <= .01] and less pronounced wake-to-bed slope(2.2% difference; 95% CI 1.0-3.4; P < .001) compared with longer sleep duration (>= 6 h/night). Lower sleep efficiency (<85%) was associated with less pronounced early decline in cortisol (29.0% difference in slope; 95% CI 4.1-59.7; P < .05) compared with higher sleep efficiency (>= 85%). Subjects reporting insomnia had a flatter cortisol awakening response (-16.1% difference in slope; 95% CI -34.6 to -0.1; P < .05) compared with those not reporting insomnia. Conclusions: Shorter sleep duration, lower sleep efficiency, and insomnia are associated with alterations in diurnal cortisol levels consistent with changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal regulation.

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