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- Title
Influence of Sleep Duration on Postpartum Weight Change in Black and Hispanic Women.
- Authors
Herring, Sharon J.; Yu, Daohai; Spaeth, Andrea; Pien, Grace; Darden, Niesha; Riis, Valerie; Bersani, Veronica; Wallen, Jessica; Davey, Adam; Foster, Gary D.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The primary purpose of this study was to examine associations of objectively measured sleep duration with weight changes in black and Hispanic mothers over the first postpartum year.<bold>Methods: </bold>Data were from 159 mothers (69% black, 32% Hispanic). Nocturnal sleep duration was assessed using wrist actigraphy at 6 weeks and 5 months post partum, examined as a continuous variable and in categories (< 7 vs. ≥ 7 hours/night, consistent with American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendations). Body weights were abstracted from medical records in pregnancy and measured at 6 weeks, 5 months, and 12 months post partum. Outcomes included early postpartum (6 weeks to 5 months) and late postpartum (5 to 12 months) weight changes.<bold>Results: </bold>The majority of participants slept < 7 hours/night at 6 weeks (75%) and 5 months (63%) post partum. Early postpartum weight change did not differ by 6-week sleep duration category. By contrast, adjusted average late postpartum weight gain (SE) was 1.8 (0.7) kg higher in participants sleeping < 7 hours/night at 5 months post partum compared with those sleeping ≥ 7 hours/night (P = 0.02). Results did not show statistically significant associations of continuous measures of sleep duration, nor of measures of sleep quality, with postpartum weight changes.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Sleeping < 7 hours/night was associated with late postpartum weight gain in minority mothers.
- Subjects
POSTPARTUM depression; OBESITY; BODY mass index; PREGNANCY complications; SLEEP-wake cycle
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2019, Vol 27, Issue 2, p295
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/oby.22364