Season of birth, sex and sleep timing preferences

doi:10.3390/ijerph120505603

. 2015 May 22;12(5):5603-13.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph120505603.

Season of birth, sex and sleep timing preferences

Yuee Huang^{1

2}, Dongdong Lin³, Chuanwen Lu⁴, Gholam Ali⁵, James Metzger⁶, Nivedita Shankar⁷, Tan Xu^{8

9}, Wenjie Sun^{10

11}, Guangliang Shan^{12

13}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241001, China. huangyewindow@163.com.
² Laboratory for Environment and Health, School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 231001, China. huangyewindow@163.com.
³ School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. dlin5@tulane.edu.
⁴ Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA. lu.chuanwen@gmail.com.
⁵ School of Medicine, Tulane University, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. gali1@tulane.edu.
⁶ Histecon Associates, Inc. Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. jemetzger@aristotle.net.
⁷ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 117549, Singapore. nivedita_shankar@nuhs.edu.sg.
⁸ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. xutan@suda.edu.cn.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. xutan@suda.edu.cn.
¹⁰ School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan 528458, China. huangyewindow@163.com.
¹¹ School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. huangyewindow@163.com.
¹² Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China. guangliang_shan@hotmail.com.
¹³ School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China. guangliang_shan@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26006130
PMCID: PMC4454987
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505603

Season of birth, sex and sleep timing preferences

Yuee Huang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015.

. 2015 May 22;12(5):5603-13.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph120505603.

Authors

Yuee Huang^{1

2}, Dongdong Lin³, Chuanwen Lu⁴, Gholam Ali⁵, James Metzger⁶, Nivedita Shankar⁷, Tan Xu^{8

9}, Wenjie Sun^{10

11}, Guangliang Shan^{12

13}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241001, China. huangyewindow@163.com.
² Laboratory for Environment and Health, School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 231001, China. huangyewindow@163.com.
³ School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. dlin5@tulane.edu.
⁴ Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79416, USA. lu.chuanwen@gmail.com.
⁵ School of Medicine, Tulane University, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. gali1@tulane.edu.
⁶ Histecon Associates, Inc. Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. jemetzger@aristotle.net.
⁷ Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 117549, Singapore. nivedita_shankar@nuhs.edu.sg.
⁸ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. xutan@suda.edu.cn.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. xutan@suda.edu.cn.
¹⁰ School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan 528458, China. huangyewindow@163.com.
¹¹ School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. huangyewindow@163.com.
¹² Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China. guangliang_shan@hotmail.com.
¹³ School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China. guangliang_shan@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26006130
PMCID: PMC4454987
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505603

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate whether the season of birth and sex are associated with preferences for bedtime among Chinese adults.

Methods: A national population-based study on sleep preferences was conducted among Chinese in 2008. A questionnaire was used to collect information on the sleep time of Chinese adults. Analysis of covariance was used to examine the relationship between season of birth and preferences for bedtime. Two sets of potential confounders were used in the adjusted models. Model 1 adjusted for age. Model 2 additionally adjusted for area, occupation, education level, smoking, and drinking.

Participants and measurements: The questionnaire was administered to a sample of 3959 Chinese adults.

Results: Men had a higher delayed mean sleep onset and offset time (22:38 and 6:32) than women (22:18 and 6:25). Men also slept for a shorter duration compared to women (7 h 54 min vs. 8 h 7 min). Women born in fall had the latest sleep onset time sleep offset time (22:23/6:30), compared to their counterparts born in winter. These associations were attenuated by additional adjustments of more confounders.

Conclusions: There were significant differences in sleep timing preferences between men and women. Season of birth was not associated with sleep timing in Chinese adults.

Keywords: season of birth; sex; sleep timing.

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[1] Stranges S., Dorn J.M., Cappuccio F.P., Donahue R.P., Rafalson L.B., Hovey K.M., Freudenheim J.L., Kandala N.B., Miller M.A., Trevisan M. A population-based study of reduced sleep duration and hypertension: The strongest association may be in premenopausal women. J. Hypertens. 2010;28:896–902. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328335d076. - DOI - PubMed

[2] Stranges S., Dorn J.M., Cappuccio F.P., Donahue R.P., Rafalson L.B., Hovey K.M., Freudenheim J.L., Kandala N.B., Miller M.A., Trevisan M. A population-based study of reduced sleep duration and hypertension: The strongest association may be in premenopausal women. J. Hypertens. 2010;28:896–902. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328335d076. - DOI - PubMed

[3] Wu M.C., Yang Y.C., Wu J.S., Wang R.H., Lu F.H., Chang C.J. Short sleep duration associated with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an apparently healthy population. Prev Med. 2012;55:305–309. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.07.013. - DOI - PubMed

[4] Wu M.C., Yang Y.C., Wu J.S., Wang R.H., Lu F.H., Chang C.J. Short sleep duration associated with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an apparently healthy population. Prev Med. 2012;55:305–309. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.07.013. - DOI - PubMed

[5] Merikanto I., Lahti T., Kronholm E., Peltonen M., Laatikainen T., Vartiainen E., Salomaa V., Partonen T. Evening types are prone to depression. Chronobiol. Int. 2013;30:719–725. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2013.784770. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Merikanto I., Lahti T., Kronholm E., Peltonen M., Laatikainen T., Vartiainen E., Salomaa V., Partonen T. Evening types are prone to depression. Chronobiol. Int. 2013;30:719–725. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2013.784770. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Touchette E., Mongrain V., Petit D., Tremblay R.E., Montplaisir J.Y. Development of sleep-wake schedules during childhood and relationship with sleep duration. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med. 2008;162:343–349. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.162.4.343. - DOI - PubMed

[8] Touchette E., Mongrain V., Petit D., Tremblay R.E., Montplaisir J.Y. Development of sleep-wake schedules during childhood and relationship with sleep duration. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med. 2008;162:343–349. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.162.4.343. - DOI - PubMed

[9] Friborg O., Rosenvinge J.H., Wynn R., Gradisar M. Sleep timing, chronotype, mood, and behavior at an arctic latitude (69° N) Sleep Med. 2014;15:798–807. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.03.014. - DOI - PubMed

[10] Friborg O., Rosenvinge J.H., Wynn R., Gradisar M. Sleep timing, chronotype, mood, and behavior at an arctic latitude (69° N) Sleep Med. 2014;15:798–807. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.03.014. - DOI - PubMed

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