Journal article
Longitudinal Associations of Sleep Duration in Infancy and Early Childhood with Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Health at the Age of 6 Years: The Generation R Study
IPM Derks, D Kocevska, VWV Jaddoe, OH Franco, M Wake, H Tiemeier, PW Jansen
Childhood Obesity | MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background: A short sleep duration is associated with a higher obesity risk from midchildhood onward. However, whether sleep duration in early childhood is associated with body composition and cardiometabolic health remains unclear. This study aims to examine the prospective association of sleep duration in infancy and early childhood with body composition and cardiometabolic health at 6 years of age. Methods: Data were available for 5161 children from a population-based cohort in the Netherlands. Sleep duration was assessed at ages 2, 6, 24, and 36 months by parental reports. When children were 6 years old, measures of body composition (iDXA), blood pressure, insulin, and lipid levels were ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Generation R Study is conducted by the Erasmus Medical Center in close collaboration with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, School of Law and Faculty of Social Sciences, the Municipal Health Service Rotterdam area, Rotterdam, the Rotterdam Homecare Foundation, and the Stichting Trombosedienst and Artsenlaboratorium Rijnmond, Rotterdam. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of general practitioners, hospitals, midwives, and pharmacies in Rotterdam. This study was granted by the Dutch Diabetes Foundation (Grant number 2013.81.1664). Prof. H. Tiemeier was awarded with a Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant (NWO-VIDI 017.106.370). Prof. O.H. Franco works in ErasmusAGE, a center for aging research across the life course funded by Nestle Nutrition (Nestec Ltd.), Metagenics, Inc. and AXA. Prof. V.W.V. Jaddoe received a grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (VIDI 016.136.361) and a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC-2014-CoG-64916) and funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 633595 (Dynahealth). Prof. M. Wake was supported by the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (Senior Research Fellowship 1046518) and Cure Kids New Zealand. Research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funders had no role in design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the article.