ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2015
Decline in cardiorespiratory fitness and odds of incident sleep complaints.
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- Detecting sleep outside the clinic using wearable heart rate devices.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Short-term insomnia symptoms are associated with level and not type of physical activity in a sample of Indian college students.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
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- Is Less Sedentary Behavior, More Physical Activity, or Higher Fitness Associated with Sleep Quality? A Cross-Sectional Study in Singapore.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Exercise and Depressive Disorder.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Review
- Longitudinal associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and stress-related exhaustion, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Actigraphy-based sleep analysis in sedentary and overweight/obese adults with primary hypertension: data from the EXERDIET-HTA study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2019Article
- Insomnia and cardiorespiratory fitness in a middle-aged population: the SCAPIS pilot study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2019Article
- Sociocultural factors related to the physical activity in boys and girls: PeNSE 2012.Revista de saude publica · 2019Article
- Effects of Exercise Domain and Intensity on Sleep in Women and Men with Overweight and Obesity.Journal of obesity · 2019Article
- Are Insomnia Type Sleep Problems Associated With a Less Physically Active Lifestyle? A Cross-Sectional Study Among 7,700 Adults From the General Working Population.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- A systematic review of physical activity-based interventions in shift workers.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
purposeTo examine longitudinal change in cardiorespiratory fitness and odds of incident sleep problems.
methodsA cohort of 7368 men and 1155 women, age 20-85 yr, was recruited from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. The cohort did not complain of sleep problems, depression, or anxiety at their first clinic visit. Cardiorespiratory fitness assessed at four clinic visits between 1971 and 2006, each separated by an average of 2-3 yr, was used as a proxy measure of cumulative physical activity exposure. Sleep complaints were made to a physician during follow-up.
resultsAcross visits, there were 784 incident cases of sleep complaints in men and 207 cases in women. After adjusting for age, time between visits, body mass index, smoking, alcohol use, chronic medical conditions, complaints of depression or anxiety at each visit, and fitness at visit 1, each minute of decline in treadmill endurance (i.e., a decline in cardiorespiratory fitness of approximately 0.5 MET) between the ages of 51 and 56 yr increased the odds of incident sleep complaints by 1.7% (range = 1.0%-2.4%) in men and by 1.3% (range = 0.0%-2.8%) in women. Odds were ∼8% higher per minute decline in people with sleep complaints at visits 2 and 3.
conclusionsThe results indicate that maintenance of cardiorespiratory fitness during middle age, when decline in fitness typically accelerates and risk of sleep problems is elevated, helps protect against the onset of sleep complaints made to a physician.
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