title: Relationship between sleep duration and arterial stiffness in a multi-ethnic population: The HELIUS study.
abstract: We examined the relationship between sleep duration and arterial stiffness among a multi-ethnic cohort, and whether the associations differed among ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands. Data were derived from 10 994 participants (aged 18-71 years) of the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study. Self-reported sleep duration was categorized into: short (<7 h/night), healthy (7-8 h/night) and long (≥9 h/night). Arterial stiffness was assessed by duplicate pulse-wave velocity (PWV in m/s) measurements using the Arteriograph system. The association of sleep duration with PWV was analysed using linear regression (β) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Results showed that neither short nor long sleep was related to PWV in all ethnic groups, except for long sleep in Dutch men which was associated with higher PWV (indicating stiffer arteries) after adjustment for potential confounders (β = 0.67, 95%CI, 0.23-1.11). Our study showed no convincing evidence that sleep duration was related to arterial stiffness among various ethnic groups. The link between sleep duration and cardiovascular outcomes does not seem to operate through arterial stiffness. Further research is needed to consolidate these findings.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anujuo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Karien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stronks
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marieke B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Snijder
authors.affiliation: b Department of Medicine, Center for Healthful Behavior Change , New York University School of Medicine , New York , NY , USA.|c Department of Population Health , New York University School of Medicine , New York , NY , USA.
authors.forename: Girardin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jean-Louis
authors.affiliation: d Department of Internal and Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bert-Jan
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: van den Born
authors.affiliation: e Department of Cardiology , Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ron J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Agyemang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Arterial stiffness; HELIUS study; ethnicity; minority group; pulse-wave velocity; sleep duration