ArticleBMC geriatrics2025
Association between sleep duration, sleep apnea risk, and osteoporosis in older adults: a cross-sectional study in elder care institutions in Taiwan.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThis study investigated the relationship between sleep disturbance, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and osteoporosis in older adults.
methodsThis cross-sectional study involved 326 older adults (mean age: 83.46 years) in elder care institutions in Taiwan. The presence of osteoporosis was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, while sleep quality and OSA risk were evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and STOP-Bang questionnaire, respectively. Heart rate variability (HRV) was measured to assess autonomic function. Logistic regression models, adjusted for age, body mass index (BMI), and comorbidities, were used to examine the associations among sleep duration, OSA risk, and osteoporosis.
resultsOsteoporosis was more prevalent in females and those with lower BMI and neck circumference, and less common in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Intermediate-to-high OSA risk was associated with the male sex, higher BMI, higher neck circumference, and cardiovascular comorbidities. Short sleep duration (< 4 h) was initially correlated with a higher osteoporosis risk, but this association disappeared after adjusting for covariates. However, after adjusting for covariates, intermediate-to-high OSA risk was significantly associated with osteoporosis. HRV showed no significant difference in assessing osteoporosis or OSA risk in this study.
conclusionShort sleep duration (< 4 h) and intermediate-to-high OSA risk were associated with a higher prevalence of osteoporosis among older adult participants, compared to those with 6-7 h of sleep or low OSA risk. Further research is required to explore the relationship between sleep and osteoporosis in older adults.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.