title: Sleep duration in elderly obese patients correlated negatively with intake fatty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between sleep duration and dietary habits in elderly obese patients treated at an institute of cardiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  The fifty-eight volunteers were elderly patients with obesity (classified as obese according to BMI) of both genders, between 60 and 80 years of age. All participants were subjected to assessments of food intake, anthropometry, level of physical activity, and duration of sleep.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The men had significantly greater weight, height, and waist circumference than women. Sleep durations were correlated with dietary nutrient compositions only in men. We found a negative association between short sleep and protein intake (r = -0.43; p = 0.02), short sleep and monounsaturated fatty acids intake (r = -0.40; p = 0.03), and short sleep and cholesterol dietary intake (r = -0.50; p = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We conclude that mainly in men, volunteers that had short sleep duration showed a preference for high energy-density as fatty food, at least in part, may explain the relationship between short sleep duration and the development of metabolic abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Fisiologia e Bioquímica do Exercício, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Alves
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Gustavo Duarte
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romualdo
authors.forename: Lila Missae
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Ricardo Aurino
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.forename: Claudio Teodoro
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Erico Chagas
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Caperuto
authors.forename: Fabio Santos
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Lira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats