ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2026
Shorter sleep, higher odds: a nationally representative analysis of the dose-dependent link to depression among 48.8 million U.S. youth.
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Objective: While short sleep is linked to depression in youth, the precise dose-response relationship and age-specific risk thresholds remain poorly defined. We aimed to characterize this association and identify optimal sleep durations across development in a nationally representative sample. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the 2020-2023 National Survey of Children's Health included 126,407 youth aged 6-17 years. Caregiver-reported sleep duration was modeled as a continuous variable using restricted cubic splines and as a categorical variable. Current depression was defined by caregiver-reported clinician diagnosis. Survey-weighted logistic regression adjusted for sociodemographic and health covariates. Results: A strong, non-linear inverse association was observed between sleep duration and depression risk ( Conclusion: This study identifies developmentally specific sleep thresholds beyond which the protective effect on depression risk plateaus. These findings provide empirical benchmarks for age-graded sleep recommendations and mental health screening strategies in pediatric populations.
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