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Sleep, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension in elderly Alzheimer's caregivers.
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- Factors associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease in family caregivers of people with dementia: a systematic review.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Pooled it
- Wearable sensors for monitoring caregivers of people with dementia: a scoping review.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- The triangulation of multimorbidity: A systematic review of primary sleep disorders, hypertension, and psychiatric disorders.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Edible Herbal Medicines as an Alternative to Common Medication for Sleep Disorders: A Review Article.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- Daytime Napping and Nighttime Sleep Duration with Incident Diabetes Mellitus: A Cohort Study in Chinese Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association between sleep, care burden, and related factors among family caregivers at home.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2020Article
- Social-biological influences on sleep duration among adult residents of Northeastern China.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2019Article
- Contribution of short sleep duration to ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease: results from a cohort study in the Netherlands.BMJ open · 2017Article
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Research indicates that very short or long durations of sleep and inefficient sleep are associated with higher total cholesterol and risk of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. This study tested the hypothesis that inefficient sleep or short/long sleep durations are associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension in a community-dwelling sample of elderly Alzheimer's caregivers. Participants were 126 caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease who underwent in-home sleep assessment by wrist actigraphy for 72 consecutive hours. Sleep data were averaged across the 3 days/nights; nighttime sleep and daytime napping were computed. Morning fasting blood samples were collected to determine measures of blood lipids and glucose. The average of three resting blood pressure measurements was used to estimate mean resting blood pressure. Logistic regression models including covariates related to sleep and metabolic regulation indicated that nighttime sleep duration, percent sleep at night, and daytime naps were not significantly associated with odds of having diabetes (OR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.56-1.53; OR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.83-1.03; OR, 1.75; 95% CI, 0.74-4.11, respectively), dyslipidemia (OR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.57-1.20; OR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.92-1.07; OR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.33-1.24, respectively), or hypertension (OR, 0.97; 95%CI, 0.62-1.52; OR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.93-1.11; OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.44-2.74, respectively). When categorical and combined sleep parameters were examined, there were no significant associations with any of the metabolic conditions (all p>0.05). The current study suggests that in an elderly sample of Alzheimer's caregivers, nighttime sleep duration, nighttime sleep efficiency and daytime naps are not significantly associated with prevalent type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, or hypertension. As several of the associations demonstrated clinically relevant magnitudes of the associations, larger studies to more fully test these hypotheses are warranted.
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