ArticleThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2015
Association of Sleep Duration and Quality With Alterations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenocortical Axis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
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- Insomnia Phenotypes, Cardiovascular Risk and Their Link to Brain Health.Circulation research · 2025Review
- Exploring the Science of Shape: How Physical Activity, Sleep, and Stress Affect Body Composition.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Sleep duration and cardiovascular disease risk in type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Associations of perceived stress with loneliness and depressive symptoms: the mediating role of sleep quality.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The burden of untreated insomnia disorder in a sample of 1 million adults: a cohort study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Lifetime discrimination, habitual and daily everyday discrimination, and diurnal cortisol among older African Americans adults.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Article
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- Insomnia Severity is Associated with Morning Cortisol and Psychological Health.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Article
- Lower serum insulin-like growth factor 1 concentrations in patients with chronic insomnia disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Causal association between sleep traits and the risk of coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
contextShort sleep duration and poor sleep quality are associated with cardiovascular outcomes. One mechanism proposed to explain this association is altered diurnal cortisol secretion.
objectiveThe objective of the study was to examine the associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with diurnal salivary cortisol levels.
designThis was a cross-sectional analysis using data from examination 5 (2010-2012) of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Actigraphy-based measures of sleep duration and efficiency were collected over 7 days, and salivary cortisol samples were collected over 2 days from participants aged 54-93 years (n = 600 with analyzable data).
resultsShorter average sleep duration (<6 h/night) was associated with less pronounced late decline in cortisol [2.2% difference in slope; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8-3.7; P ≤ .01] and less pronounced wake-to-bed slope (2.2% difference; 95% CI 1.0-3.4; P ≤ .001) compared with longer sleep duration (≥6 h/night). Lower sleep efficiency (<85%) was associated with less pronounced early decline in cortisol (29.0% difference in slope; 95% CI 4.1-59.7; P < .05) compared with higher sleep efficiency (≥85%). Subjects reporting insomnia had a flatter cortisol awakening response (-16.1% difference in slope; 95% CI -34.6 to -0.1; P < .05) compared with those not reporting insomnia.
conclusionsShorter sleep duration, lower sleep efficiency, and insomnia are associated with alterations in diurnal cortisol levels consistent with changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal regulation.
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