Observational studyThe Gerontologist2016
Sleep Disturbance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Veteran Women.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Associations of food security and food assistance with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among postmenopausal women from the women's health initiative.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026Article
- Psychiatric disorders among older U.S. women by socioeconomic and veteran status.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
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- Perceptions of Medical Residents About Sleep Disorders and Sleep Medicine in Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2025Article
- Pathways From Socioeconomic Factors to Major Cardiovascular Events Among Postmenopausal Veteran and Nonveteran Women: Findings From the Women's Health Initiative.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Relationship of psychotropic medication use with physical function among postmenopausal women.GeroScience · 2024Article
- Role of sleep disorders in patients with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2024Review
- Sleep Characteristics are Associated with Risk of Treated Diabetes Among Postmenopausal Women.The American journal of medicine · 2024Article
- Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Apnoeic Individuals: Role of Comorbid Insomnia Disorder.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association of sleep disturbance with Parkinson disease: evidence from the Women's Health Initiative.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Observational
- Insomnia: Sex differences and age of onset in active duty Army soldiers.Sleep health · 2021Article
- Association of sleep disturbance and sexual function in postmenopausal women.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2017Article
- Older Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative.The Gerontologist · 2016Article
- Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative.The Gerontologist · 2016Observational
- Menopause and Sleep Disorders.Journal of mid-life healthReview
- Estimated Prevalence of Insomnia among Women Veterans: Results of a Postal Survey.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
- Sleep Disruption Due to Stress in Women Veterans: A Comparison between Caregivers and Noncaregivers.Behavioral sleep medicineArticle
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14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purpose of the studyTo compare the prevalence and cardiometabolic health impact of sleep disturbance among postmenopausal Veteran and non-Veteran participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). DESIGN AND
methodsThe prevalence of five categories of sleep disturbance--medication/alcohol use for sleep; risk for insomnia; risk for sleep disordered breathing [SDB]; risk for comorbid insomnia and SDB (insomnia + SDB); and aberrant sleep duration [SLD]--was compared in 3,707 Veterans and 141,354 non-Veterans using logistic or multinomial regression. Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the association of sleep disturbance and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes in Veterans and non-Veterans.
resultsWomen Veterans were more likely to have high risk for insomnia + SDB relative to non-Veteran participants. However, prevalence of other forms of sleep disturbance was similar across groups. Baseline sleep disturbance was not differentially associated with cardiometabolic health outcomes in Veteran versus non-Veteran women. Risks for SDB and insomnia + SDB were both linked to heightened risk of CVD and diabetes; SLD was consistently linked with greater risk of CVD and diabetes in non-Veterans but less strongly and consistently in Veterans. IMPLICATIONS: Efforts to identify and treat sleep disturbances in postmenopausal women are needed and may positively contribute to the attenuation of cardiometabolic morbidity risk. Increased awareness of women Veterans' vulnerability to postmenopausal insomnia + SDB may be particularly important for health care providers who treat this population.
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