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J Obes Metab Syndr 2018; 27(1): 4-24

Published online March 30, 2018 https://doi.org/10.7570/jomes.2018.27.1.4

Copyright © Korean Society for the Study of Obesity.

Sleep and Obesity

Chenzhao Ding1, Lee Ling Lim1,2, Li Xu1, and Alice Pik Shan Kong 1,*

Author Affiliations

1Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Correspondence to:
Alice Pik Shan Kong,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-6764,
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China,
Tel: +852-3505-1558,
Fax: +852-2637-3852,
E-mail: alicekong@cuhk.edu.hk

Received: February 28, 2018; Reviewed : March 8, 2018; Accepted: March 9, 2018

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

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Rising global prevalence and incidence of obesity lead to increased cardiovascular-renal complications and cancers. Epidemiological studies reported a worldwide trend towards suboptimal sleep duration and poor sleep quality in parallel with this obesity epidemic. From rodents and human models, it is highly plausible that abnormalities in sleep, both quantity and quality, impact negatively on energy metabolism. While excess dietary intake and physical inactivity are the known drivers of the obesity epidemic, promotion of healthy sleep habits has emerged as a new target to combat obesity. In this light, present review focuses on the existing literature examining the relationship between sleep physiology and energy homeostasis. Notably, sleep dysregulation perturbs the metabolic milieu via alterations in hormones such as leptin and ghrelin, eating behavior, neuroendocrine and autonomic nervous systems. In addition, shift work and trans-meridian air travel may exert a negative influence on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and trigger circadian misalignment, leading to impaired glucose tolerance and increased fat accumulation. Amassing evidence has also suggested that uncoupling of the circadian clock can increase the risk of adverse metabolic health. Given the importance of sleep in maintaining energy homeostasis and that it is potentially modifiable, promoting good sleep hygiene may create new avenues for obesity prevention and treatment.

Keywords: Sleep, Energy metabolism, Leptin, Ghrelin, Pituitary-adrenal system, Circadian rhythm

INTRODUCTION

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The global prevalence of obesity has doubled since 1980, affecting 107.7 million children and 603.7 million adults in 2015, with more than two-thirds of the United States population being either overweight or obese.1 This rapid surge in obesity is driven mainly by lifestyle factors such as physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary choices and patterns.2 Emerging evidence suggests that sleep disturbances (e.g., suboptimal sleep duration, poor sleep quality, circadian misalignment and insomnia), may contribute to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).2 Physiologically, sleep duration declines during transition from infancy, puberty to late adulthood.3 Optimal sleep duration has been a matter of controversy but recent consensus of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine defines short sleep duration as <8–10 hours and <7 hours per day in adolescents and adults aged 18–60 years respectively, considering the potential risks in association with the development of cardiometabolic disease and death.4–6 Due to increasing demand from school, work and leisure activities2, along with the prevalent usage of Internet and electronic devices, there is a global phenomenon for a shift in both adolescents and adults to have shorter sleep duration compared to a few decades ago. Based on the 2014 U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, more than one-third of adults were short sleepers, particularly prevalent in those who were young, obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥30 kg/m2) or with low socioeconomic and education status.7 In China, a meta-analysis of 17 cross-sectional population-based studies reported that every one in six adults had insomnia, which was again more commonly seen in young individuals.8 Paradoxically, long sleep duration (>9 hours per day) was also observed in 23%–37% of the general population in developed countries9, and a meta-analysis of 137 prospective cohort studies reported a dose-response relationship with incident cardiovascular disease and death, attesting a U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and health outcomes across all age groups.10,11 Alarmingly, poor sleep quality (defined as global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score >5) was also independently associated with an increase in BMI and worse glycemic control.6 Given that obesity is closely linked to multiple chronic diseases, notably diabetes and cancer which are the leading causes of morbidities and mortality in many parts of the world12, the perplexing relationship between sleep and energy metabolism call for more research and clinical attention, as sleep is an essential part of life and a potentially modifiable behavioral risk factor for metabolic health. Here, we review some of the important findings in this field, and discuss the mechanisms linking sleep, energy metabolism and obesity.

SLEEP AND NEUROHORMONAL DYSREGULATION

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Sleep and satiety

The appetite center, located at the ventromedial and arcuate nuclei of the hypothalamus, is regulated by hormones including leptin and ghrelin. Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone which suppresses appetite, whilst ghrelin is mainly a stomach-derived hunger-promoting peptide.13,14 High total energy and fat intake, night-time snacking and binge eating tendencies have been reported to be associated with sleep curtailment.15,16 The potential mechanisms mediating the effects of sleep debt on obesity are complex, which include alterations in eating behavior (e.g., skipping meals, snacking, and irregular meal times), increased ghrelin to leptin ratio and activation of hedonic pathways.15,17,18 Several small scale experimental studies involving the healthy population (number of subjects, 11 to 26 in each study) examined the effect of sleep restriction on dietary intake and patterns under the controlled environment, which included objective sleep measurements and planned meals in both phases of short and habitual sleep.19,20 Sleep restriction was reported to be associated with an increase in total energy, total fat and saturated fatty acids intake19, as well as high consumption of carbohydrate-rich night-time snacks.20 These were accompanied by a lack of compensatory increase or even with a reduction in 24-hour energy expenditure, leading to positive energy balance.19,20 In keeping with these findings, an inverse relationship between sleep duration and total energy and macronutrient intake was evident in epidemiological cohorts.15,17,21,22 In a meta-analysis of 14,906 Europeans from the Cohorts for the Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium, younger people (aged 20–64 years) with short sleep duration were independently associated with higher relative saturated fatty acids intake, whereas older women (aged 65–80 years) with similar exposure demonstrated higher relative carbohydrate, lower relative total fat and polyunsaturated fatty acids consumption.22 In the 2005–2010 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey involving 15,199 community-dwelling adults, short sleepers reported frequent snacking and increased total glucose intake.17 Similarly, amongst 2,828 Chinese adults, those with less than 7-hour sleep had excess fat intake than the group with 7- to 9-hour sleep.21

Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep disruption may interfere with the feeding and satiety signals at the hypothalamic feeding circuits.23 A shift towards increased hunger in short sleepers was driven by decreased leptin level with or without a concomitant change in the diurnal rhythm amplitude of leptin, increased ghrelin level or both.24,25 In healthy young adults with stable caloric intake and activity levels, 6 days of sleep restriction (4 hours in bed per night) was independently associated with a 26% reduction in leptin than sleep extension (12 hours in bed per night), on top of a flattened diurnal profile of leptin secretion.25 In the prospective Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study involving 1,024 healthy adults, compared with those with 8-hour of sleep, short sleepers (5-hour of sleep per day) had a 16% decrease in leptin and 15% increase in ghrelin level.24 Interestingly, diminished activity of the appetitive desire and food stimulus evaluation regions within the frontal, insular and cingulate cortices, along with enhanced activity of amygdala are other plausible pathways linking sleep curtailment to obesity.26–28 The disrupted neural circuits led to hedonic hunger and preferences for highly palatable and rewarding energy-dense food26–28, albeit with inter-individual variation in the magnitude of change in eating behavior proportional to the severity of sleep curtailment.26 On the other hand, short sleepers have prolonged wakefulness that promotes obesogenic eating behavior e.g., meal-skipping, frequent snacking and increase intake of low-quality diet.17,29,30 Late-time eating, which was defined as caloric intake after 8:00 PM, also significantly predicted an increase in BMI, suggesting that eating late at night may lead to obesity.29 Moreover, decreased nocturnal ghrelin levels were found in men with insomnia compared with their age- and body weight-matched healthy control (n=25), while no difference of leptin levels was found between groups.31

Sleep and growth hormone-insulin like growth factor-1 axis

The growth hormone (GH)-insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis also plays a role in the regulation of adiposity and glucose homeostasis. Under a normal sleep/wake cycle, there is a spontaneous nocturnal GH pulse during the restorative slow wave sleep (SWS) that occurs within the first 3 hours of sleep, with both demonstrating a dose-dependent relationship.32 Increasing evidence suggests that there are biological interactions of GH/IGF-1 axis with sleep dysregulation. Sleep curtailment and late chronotype are associated with suppressed GH and IGF-1 pulsatility, followed by a compensatory increase in IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) level via the negative feedback loop.33 In a 4-year prospective cohort study of normoglycemic adults, low circulating IGF-1 level had a 50% excess risk of developing either impaired glucose tolerance or T2DM, consequent to decreased peripheral insulin sensitivity and hyperinsulinemia.34 In the Danish-Monitoring Trends in Cardiovascular Diseases study, after a mean follow-up of 15 years, either a low IGF-1 or high IGFBP-3 level was independently associated with a relative risk (RR) of 1.94–2.22 of incident coronary heart disease, after adjustment for other cardiovascular risk factors.35 Several mechanisms were postulated to explain the pleiotropic effects of GH/IGF-1 axis on the retardation of atherosclerosis e.g., reduced systemic and vascular oxidative stress (low interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels), decreased aortic stiffness and control of de novo hepatic lipid metabolism.35,36

In contrast to the aforementioned findings, another experimental sleep restriction (4 hours in bed per night for six consecutive nights) study involving 11 healthy young men revealed a biphasic pattern of nocturnal GH release, with the first pulse occurred at 3-hour prior to the sleep onset and the second peak corresponded to the usual circadian rhythm as seen during the sleep extension period (12 hours in bed per night for a week).32 This prolonged exposure to elevated GH level may interact with the hunger-promoting ghrelin centrally or stimulate peripheral glucose and lipid catabolism, resulting in insulin resistance and positive energy balance.37 These findings were supported by some but not all observational studies, which reported a U-shaped relationship between IGF-1 to IGFBP-3 ratio, anthropometric traits (e.g., BMI and waist circumference) or risk of metabolic syndrome.38,39 To this end, a better understanding of the cellular-microenvironment interactions and their downstream signaling cascades integrating sleep, GH/IGF-1 axis and metabolic functions is warranted.

Sleep and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Sleep disturbances, including short sleep, sleep debt, and circadian misalignment, may also disrupt glucose homeostasis and cause metabolic perturbations via other hormonal and cellular signaling cascades.23,24,40 In a pilot study conducted in 11 healthy young men, decreased glucose tolerance, increased evening cortisol level and sympathetic over-activity were observed after sleep restriction (4 hours in bed per night for six consecutive nights) compared with the measurements taken after a sleep-restorative period (12 hours in bed per night for seven consecutive nights), indicating that sleep debt had a detrimental effect on glucose metabolism and endocrine function.40

The bidirectional relationships between sleep and the activity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis may exert negative metabolic consequences. Dysregulation of the HPA axis and its circadian rhythm can mediate the impact of sleep disturbances on cardiometabolic risk, mainly via the actions of two counter-regulatory hormones, namely the glucocorticoids and catecholamines. Physiologically, cortisol level peaks after 30–45 minutes of awakening (defined as cortisol awakening response [CAR]), followed by a sharp decline over the next 3 hours, more gradual decline over the rest of the day, and reaching nadir during the first half of sleep cycle.41 Existing studies examining the associations between sleep and circadian variability of cortisol secretion is inconclusive, due to differences in the sleep measurements (actigraphy/polysomnography vs. self-reported sleep parameters), definitions used for sleep duration and quality, and the number of real-time sampling points for modelling of 24-hour cortisol profile. Several reports indicated that short sleepers have flattened diurnal cortisol slope and raised evening cortisol followed by an aggravated CAR, yielding an increase in total daily cortisol secretion which ends up in a state of hypercortisolism and catabolism.42–44 In school-age children, high CAR and subsequent diurnal cortisol level were inversely associated with short sleep duration, low sleep efficiency and low frequency of SWS.45,46 Conversely, two other studies found no association between objective sleep duration and salivary awakening cortisol44 or 24-hour urinary cortisol level.47 Poor sleep quality has been reported to be an independent stressor for excess cortisol and catecholamines secretion, particularly with greater magnitude in adolescents at late puberty.42,44 Increased HPA axis activation has also been reported in subjects with insomnia.48,49 Furthermore, it has been suggested that a gender difference on this stress reaction related to sleep disturbances which may be modulated by the type of sleep disorders involved, calling for more studies to investigate the impact of sex hormones on sleep and energy balance.44,50

Sympathetic over-activity may also contribute to the neurohormonal dysregulation linking sleep curtailment to energy imbalance. In addition to a 1.5-hour delay in the nocturnal nadir of cortisol level, experimental sleep restriction with 4 hours in bed per night for six consecutive nights in healthy volunteers had shown a concomitant 24-hour lowering of heart rate variability (measured by the autocorrelation coefficient of consecutive interbeat intervals) especially during awakening, which reflected an increase in cardiac sympathetic activity and/or diminished vagal tone, compared with sleep extension phase (12 hours in bed per night for seven consecutive nights).25 Physiologically, sleep onset is associated with decreased catecholamines release, reaching a nocturnal nadir an hour into a restful sleep.51 Amongst short sleepers, the secretion of norepinephrine was pathologically elevated during early awakening in early morning, between 3:00 AM and 6:00 AM, with epinephrine showing a similar trend.44,51 Furthermore, patients with mild to moderate hypertension with acute sleep restriction reported an early morning elevation in blood pressure (systolic blood pressure of 7 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of 4 mmHg) and heart rate (5.5 beats per minute) with potential risk of silent cardiovascular event, as sequelae of their blunted nocturnal dipping related to a surge in norepinephrine release.52

SLEEP, OBESITY AND DIABETES

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Multiple studies have consistently demonstrated significant associations between sleep curtailment with decreased resting and postprandial energy expenditure (~5% and 20%, respectively), increased appetite and insulin resistance in general population.2,11 In addition, a randomized cross-over study demonstrated a 30% decrease in the intracellular insulin sensitivity within adipocytes from the subcutaneous fat samples of seven healthy adults collected after sleep restriction compared with after normal sleep.53 It has also been demonstrated that short sleep duration is associated with atherogenic dyslipidemia.54,55 Once obesity sets in, there may be a vicious cycle as obesity associated comorbidities such as obstructive sleep apnea may further compromise sleep quality in affected individuals (Fig. 1). Taken together, evidence to date suggests that sleep curtailment affects the resiliency of neurohormonal stress response and predisposes to metabolic disturbances with possible long-term cardiovascular risk. Besides sleep curtailment, there have been a wealth of clinical evidence supporting the association of sleep disturbances, both quantity and quality, with obesity and diabetes (Tables 1 and 2).11,56–103 However, the associations of insomnia with obesity and glucose metabolism is under debate.

Insomnia is a common sleep problem worldwide and affects 15% of the Chinese population.8 It is defined as difficulty in initiating sleep (DIS), difficulty in maintaining sleep (DMS) and/or early morning awakening (EMA) at least three times per week with associated impairment of daytime functioning.104 Nonrestorative sleep (NRS) is also suggested by the International Classification of Sleep Disorders as a subtype of insomnia.104

Although the pathophysiology of insomnia is still not fully understood, it has long been considered to be a disorder of hyperarousal during both daytime and nighttime, which is associated with increased activation of whole-body and brain metabolism, hyperactivity of HPA axis and hormonal dysregulation.49 A study involving 1,042 monozygotic and 828 dizygotic twin pairs demonstrated a 10% phenotypic correlation between insomnia and obesity, suggesting a shared genetic mechanism that underlies these conditions.105 However, the findings about this association were inconsistent in other clinical studies, which mostly reported either no association or an inverse relationship between insomnia and BMI. In a cross-sectional study conducted in 211 Finnish men aged 30–65 years, among the overweight or obese participants (n=163), those with insomnia (n=40) had higher fat mass in the trunk and android regions than the group without sleep disorder (n=76, P<0.05), but no between-group differences in BMI or total fat mass.95 There was also no difference in BMI when comparing 141 Chinese patients with primary insomnia with 55 healthy volunteers (22.54±2.76 kg/m2 vs. 22.84±3.28 kg/m2, P=0.526).92 However, this study found that among patients with insomnia, there was a significant negative correlation between the amount of SWS and BMI after controlling for potential confounders (β, −0.013; 95% confidence interval [CI], −0.026 to −0.001; P=0.043), suggesting that impaired sleep quality in subjects with insomnia may be the culprit linking insomnia with obesity. By contrast, some researchers had reported positive relationships between insomnia and obesity indices. The prospective Helsinki Health Study which included 7,022 middle-aged respondents demonstrated that DIS (odds ratio [OR], 1.65; 95% CI, 1.22–2.22) and DMS (OR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.13–1.75) were associated with a weight gain of 5 kg or more after 5 to 7 years of follow-up, being more evident in women than in men.91 In the prospective Penn State Cohort involving 815 nonobese adults with a follow-up duration of 7.5 years, a moderate to severe complaint of any DIS, DMS, EMA, or NRS was associated with an increased incidence of obesity (OR, 1.76–1.78), while insomnia tended towards significance after adjusted for sleep duration, emotional stress, and other potential confounders.70 Another prospective study conducted in Norwegian population (n=24,715) reported that insomnia was associated with an 18% increased risk (95% CI, 1.06–1.33) of incident obesity after 11 years of follow up, which was independent of baseline demographics, anxiety and depression. However, this association was negated when further adjusted for other comorbidities, such as angina, T2DM and hypertension (OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.97–1.24).94 Taken together, these inconclusive results may be related to the adoption of different definitions of insomnia and obesity.

Although conflicting results have been reported for obesity, it appears that most studies support an association between insomnia and diabetes risk. In a meta-analysis of 107,756 participants from 13 independent cohorts, those with insomnia had stronger association with incident diabetes (DIS: RR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.25–1.97; DMS: RR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.39–2.43), compared with participants with short sleep duration of ≤5–6 hours per night (RR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.03–1.60).106 In another larger meta-analysis of nearly 1.1 million participants from 36 studies, insomnia (RR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.18–1.62) and its subtypes (DIS: RR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.23–1.95; DMS: RR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.45–2.05) also demonstrated an independent association with excess risk of developing diabetes.107

Short sleep duration with coexistent insomnia may further aggravate the risk of future diabetes. In the Penn State Cohort of 1,741 participants, participants with insomnia and sleep curtailment (<5-hour per day) had an OR of 2.95 (95% CI, 1.24–7.03) for diabetes after adjustment for age, race, sex, BMI, smoking, alcohol use, depression and sleep-disordered breathing, compared with those who had >6-hour sleep per day and without insomnia.108 Conversely, in the retrospective Freiburg Insomnia Cohort involving 328 patients with primary insomnia (203 women and 125 men; mean age, 44.3±12.2 years), those with concomitant short sleep duration did not have increased risk of T2DM (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 0.34–5.67 for first night of short sleep and OR, 2.30; 95% CI, 0.48–10.96 for second night of short sleep), perhaps due to a small number of patients with T2DM (n=9).109 Indeed, there are possible pathogenetic mechanisms underpinning the link between insomnia and risk of diabetes, including reduction of glucose tolerance40, alteration of HPA axis and sympathetic nervous system110, and elevated markers of chronic inflammation.111 Hence, well-designed studies with sufficient sample size are required to unravel the relationship between insomnia and diabetes.

SLEEP AND GENES REGULATING THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK

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Clock genes may play a key role in linking sleep and the effect of circadian disruptions on metabolic functions.23 A central clock which is located within the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus orchestrates the environmental light/dark cycles with human physiology and behavior. Genetic or environmental perturbations of this synchronized molecular mechanism can lead to metabolic disturbances. In the core clock mechanism, the brain and muscle Arnt like protein-1 (BMAL1)/circadian locomotor output cycles kaput (CLOCK) heterodimer binds to the E-box elements in the promoter regions of Per and Cry genes, thus activating their transcription proteins with feedback inhibition on the BMAL1/CLOCK.112 Six hours of sleep curtailment was sufficient to reduce BMAL1 binding to the E-box elements of Per gene.23 Other important regulators that integrate the effects of circadian clock on metabolic pathways include the clock-controlled genes and certain transcription factors e.g., REV-ERBα, retinoid-related orphan receptor α, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α.2,113 These genes can also be categorized by type of regulations e.g., circadian cycle only (BMAL1), sleep-wake cycle only (Homer1a) or both (Per). Hence, the effects of sleep on gene expression, subsequent epigenetic modifications and metabolic perturbations require further translational research to improve our understanding about the genes involved and the details of the regulation.23

Coordination of the sleep/wake cycle as well as the metabolic and fasting/feeding cycle are all essential to maintain a normal circadian oscillatory system for healthy bodily functions. Glucose homeostasis is regulated by both the central clock that synchronizes sleep and feeding, and peripheral tissue clocks that coordinate one’s behavior with glucose synthesis and utilization.114 When BMAL1/CLOCK heterodimer colocalizes with the pancreatic transcription factor pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1 on the regulatory sites of beta-cell cycling genes, pancreatic beta-cell maturation is enhanced with possible pulsatile insulin secretion according to the circadian rhythmicity.114 Similarly, BMAL1-ablation in mice reduces insulin exocytosis from pancreatic beta-cell, resulting in hyperglycemia.23 Based on the genome-wide association studies, individuals with T2DM and melatonin receptor 1B (MTNR1B) risk allele may have high melatonin level that interacts with dietary intake, with subsequent impairment in glucose metabolism and increased risk of T2DM.23

Conditions that are often associated with circadian misalignment are shift work and trans-meridian air travel (jet lag). Shift work can desynchronize the central and peripheral circadian clocks, which further perturbs the glucose metabolism by decreasing insulin sensitivity, independent of sleep curtailment.23,115 In healthy adults, 3-week sleep curtailment with concomitant circadian misalignment is demonstrated to reduce the resting metabolic rate and impair pancreatic beta-cell secretion.116 In mice model, chronic jet lag disrupts the circadian cycle by uncoupling the central and peripheral clocks in the adipose tissue, and triggers leptin resistance leading to development of obesity, an effect independent of other risk factors.117 In the large prospective Nurses’ Health Study 2, early chronotype combined with increasing years of rotating night shift work aggravated diabetes risk, even after adjustment for patients’ attributes, family history of diabetes, diet, physical activity and self-reported sleep duration.118 Interestingly, late chronotype alone predicted a 51% (hazard ratio, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.13–2.03) excess risk of developing T2DM, which was attenuated by longer night shift exposure, presumably due to less interference to the “usual” circadian rhythm.118 These findings support the notion that chronotype-adapted work schedules can possibly reduce the circadian misalignment and prevent future cardiometabolic risk.

The circadian clock has been demonstrated to regulate the diurnal fluctuations of certain human metabolites such as the fatty acids and amino acids, independent of the fasting/feeding cycle.119 In the first human metabolomics study conducted during a 48-hour sleep/wake cycle, 27 of the 171 measured metabolites (e.g., fatty acids, tryptophan, taurine, and serotonin) were significantly elevated with sleep curtailment.120 This creates novel opportunities for potential therapeutic intervention targeting the key clock-regulated metabolic pathways and application of these noninvasive biomarkers for disease prediction and monitoring.

CONCLUSION

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Good sleep hygiene is crucial to maintain optimal functions of the neuroendocrine and appetite regulation systems. To date, there is clear evidence in support of a causal relationship between sleep, circadian misalignment and cardiometabolic risk. Thus, health promotion campaigns should look beyond conventional strategies by emphasizing the pivotal role of improving sleep environment to curb the obesity epidemic. Nonetheless, there is a pressing need for future research to delineate the molecular intersections between sleep, circadian clock and metabolic pathways, as well as to explore potential preventive and therapeutic approaches to optimize sleep and circadian rhythm in predisposed individuals.

Figures

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Fig. 1. Association between sleep, obesity, cardiovascular risks and possible underlying neurohormonal dysregulation. LDL, low-density lipoprotein.

Tables

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Clinical studies examining the association between sleep duration with obesity and diabetes

Author (year)Type of study/country or regionStudy population (sample size)Definition of sleep disturbancesMethod of sleep assessmentAge (yr) and male (%)Outcome
Sleep duration and overweight/obesity
 Ayas et al. (2003)11Prospective (mean follow-up: 10 yr)/the United StatesFemale married registered nurses from the Nurses’ Health Study (n=70,026)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 8 hr/day		Self-reported sleep duration40–65, 0%New-onset obesity
 Short sleep: RR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.96–1.44
 Long sleep: RR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.05–1.59
 Patel et al. (2006)56Prospective study (follow-up: 16 yr)/the United StatesFemale nurses from the Nurses’ Health Study (n=68,183)Sleep duration was categorized as: ≤5, 6, 7, 8, and ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 7 hr/day		Self-reported39–65, 0%New-onset obesity
 Sleep duration ≤5 hr/day: HR, 1.15; 95% CI, 1.04–1.27
 Sleep duration 6 hr/day: HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.01–1.12
 Sleep duration ≥9 hr/day: HR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.93–1.14
≥15 kg weight gain
 Sleep duration ≤5 hr/day: HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.15–1.42
 Sleep duration 6 hr/day: HR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.04–1.17
 Sleep duration ≥9 hr/day: HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.92–1.16
 Chaput et al. (2008)57Prospective study (follow-up: 6±0.9 yr)/CanadaGeneral population form the Quebec Family Study (n=276; nonobese: n=224)Short sleep: 5–6 hr/day
Long sleep: 9–10 hr/day
Reference: 7–8 hr/day		Self-reported21–64, 42.4%Weight gain
 Short-duration sleepers gained 1.84 kg; 95% CI, 1.08–2.61
 Long-duration sleepers gained 1.49 kg; 95% CI, 0.92–2.48
New-onset obesity
 Short-duration sleepers: OR, 1.27; 95% CI, NS
 Long-duration sleepers: OR, 1.21; 95% CI, NS
 López-García et al. (2008)58Prospective study (follow-up: 2 yr)/SpainElderly population (n=3,235)Sleep duration was categorized as: ≤5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and ≥10 hr/day
Reference: 7 hr/day		InterviewMale, 71.6±8.0; female, 72.1±7.6, 43.6%ORs of obesity
 Sleep ≤5 hr: OR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.00–1.77
 Sleep 8 hr: OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.11–1.75
ORs of severe obesity
 Sleep ≤5 hr: OR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.31–3.32
 Sleep 8 hr: OR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.21–2.73
 Sleep 9 hr: OR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.00–2.47
Weight gain ≥5 kg
 In women sleeping ≤5 hr: OR, 3.41; 95% CI, 1.34–8.69
 In women sleeping 8 hr: OR, 3.03; 95% CI, 1.29–7.12
 In women sleeping 9 hr: OR, 3.77; 95% CI, 1.55–9.17
 In total or men: no significant findings
 Stranges et al. (2008)59Prospective study (follow-up: 1997–1999 to 2003–2004)/the United KingdomWhite-collar British civil servants from the Whitehall II Study (n=10,308)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/day
Normal sleep: 7 hr/day		Self-reported35–55, 72.1%Changes in BMI
 Short sleep: β, –0.06; 95% CI, −0.26–0.14
Changes in WC
 Short sleep: β, 0.44; 95% CI, −0.23–1.12
New-onset obesity
 Short sleep: OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.60–1.82
 Nishiura et al. (2010)60Prospective study (follow-up: 4 yr)/JapanNonobese Japanese male workers (n=2,632)Short sleep: <6 hr/day
Normal sleep: 7–7.9 hr/day		Self-reported40–59, 100%New-onset obesity
 Short sleep: OR, 2.46; 95% CI, 1.41–4.31
 Watanabe et al. (2010)61Prospective study (follow-up: 1 yr)/JapanEmployees for an electric power company (n=23,212)Sleep duration was categorized as: <5, 5–<6, 6–<7, 7–<8, 8–<9, and ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 7–<8 hr/day		Self-reported39.8±9.6, 86.3%Weight gain
 Male with sleep <5 hr/day: β, 0.016; 95% CI, 0.024–0.146; P<0.01
 Male with sleep <5 hr/day: β, 0.013; 95% CI, 0.001–0.061; P=0.04
 Male with sleep ≥9 hr/day: β, 0.018; 95% CI, 0.079–0.340; P<0.01
New-onset obesity
 Male with sleep <5 hr/day: OR, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.36–2.67
 Male with sleep 5–6 hr/day: OR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.24–1.80
 No significant association between sleep duration and weight gain or obesity was found for women.
 Itani et al. (2011)62Prospective study (follow-up: 7 yr)/JapanWorkers in a local government organization (n=22,743)Short sleep: <5 hr/day
Normal sleep: 5–7 hr/day		Self-reportedNS, 95.4%New-onset obesity
 Male subjects with short sleep: RR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.09–1.32
 Female subjects with short sleep: RR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.11–2.87
 Lyytikäinen et al. (2011)63Prospective study (follow-up: 5–7 yr)/FinlandMiddle-aged municipal employees from the Helsinki Health Study (n=7,027)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 7 hr/day		Self-reported40–60, 18.5%Weight gain ≥5 kg
 Female with short sleep: OR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.01–2.01
 Female with long sleep: OR, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.97–1.76
 Male with short sleep: OR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.44–1.74
 Male with long sleep: OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.48–2.32
 Kobayashi et al. (2012)64Prospective study (follow-up: 3 yr)/JapanHealthy population (n=11,136)Sleep duration was categorized as: ≤5, 6, 7, and ≥8 hr/day
Reference: 7 hr/day		Self-reported≥20, 44.0%Weight gain
 Sleep ≤5: β coefficient, 0.03; 95% CI, 0.03–1.1; P=0.02
 Sleep ≥8: β coefficient, 0.01; 95% CI, −0.03–0.1; P=0.34
New-onset obesity
 Sleep ≤5: OR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1–2.0
 Sleep ≥8: OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 0.9–1.8
 Yiengprugsawan et al. (2012)65Prospective study (follow-up: 4 yr)/ThailandDistance learners at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (n=60,569)Sleep duration was categorized as <6, 6, 7, 8 and ≥9 hr/day;
Short sleep: <6 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 7 hr/day		Self-reported35.6 (20–49), 45.2%Overweight
 Female with short sleep: OR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.18–1.51
 Female with long sleep: OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.07–1.39
 Male with short sleep: OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.00–1.28
 Male with long sleep: OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.91–1.16
New-onset obesity
 Female with short sleep: OR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.32–1.68
 Female with long sleep: OR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.20–1.53
 Male with short sleep: OR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.21–1.52
 Male with long sleep: OR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.03–1.30
 Nagai et al. (2013)66Prospective study (follow-up: 11 yr)/JapanGeneral population (n=9,658)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 7 hr/day		Self-reported40–79, NSWeight gain ≥5 kg
 Total subjects with short sleep: OR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.73–1.20
 Total subjects with long sleep: OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.91–1.20
 BMI ≥25 kg/m2 with short sleep: OR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.58–1.29
 BMI ≥25 kg/m2 with long sleep: OR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.09–1.70
New-onset obesity
 Short sleep: OR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.77–1.51
 Long sleep: OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.86–1.29
 Ohkuma et al. (2013)67Cross-sectional study/JapanJapanese patients with T2DM (n=4,870)Sleep duration was categorized as: <4.5, 4.5–5.4, 5.5–6.4, 6.5–7.4, 7.5–8.4, and ≥8.5 hr/day;
Reference: 6.5–7.4 hr/day		Self-reported≥20, 57%ORs (95% CIs) for obesity
 Sleep <4.5 hr/day: OR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.26–2.52
 Sleep ≥8.5 hr/day: OR, 1.24; 95% CI, 0.97–1.58
P for quadratic trend: <0.001
 Sayón-Orea et al. (2013)68Prospective study (median follow-up: 6.5 yr)/SpainGeneral population from the SUN Mediterranean Cohort (n=10,532)Sleep duration was categorized as <5, 5–<7, 7–<8, ≥8 hr/night; Reference: 7–<8 hr/daySelf-reported39±12, NSNew-onset obesity
 Total with sleep <5 hr/night: HR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.19–3.18
 Male with sleep <5 hr/night: HR, 2.09; 95% CI, 1.18–3.69
 Female with sleep <5 hr/night: HR, 1.26; 95% CI, 0.44–3.57
 Total with sleep ≥8 hr/night: HR, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.89–1.43
 Male with sleep ≥8 hr/night: HR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.64–1.21
 Female with sleep ≥8 hr/night: HR, 1.43; 95% CI, 0.97–2.10
 Xiao et al. (2013)69Prospective study (follow-up: 7.5 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study (n=83,377)Sleep duration was categorized as <5, 5–6, 7–8, ≥9 hr/day;
Reference: 7–8 hr/day		Self-reported51–72, 51.8%Weight gain ≥5 kg
 Male with sleep <5 hr/day: OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.07–1.52
 Female with sleep <5 hr/day: OR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.12–1.51
 Male with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 1.16; 95% CI, 0.99–1.36
 Female with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.88–1.17
New-onset obesity
 Male with sleep <5 hr/day: OR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.06–1.99
 Female with sleep <5 hr/day: OR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.04–1.79
Sleep duration ≥9 hr/day
 Male with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 0.84–1.49
 Female with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 0.91; 95% CI, NS
 Vgontzas et al. (2014)70Prospective study (total follow-up: 7.5 yr; women: 4.5 yr; men: 10.5 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the Penn State Cohort (n=815)Sleep duration was categorized as ≤5, 5–6, 6–7, ≥7 hr/night;
Reference: ≥7 hr/night		Self-reported (subjective) and PSG (objective)48.9±13.4, 50.5%New-onset obesity
 Subjective sleep duration ≤5 hr/night: OR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.48–2.41
 Objective sleep duration ≤5 hr/night: OR, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.22–1.18
 Gutiérrez-Repiso et al. (2014)71Prospective study (follow-up: 11 yr)/SpainGeneral population from the Pizarra cohort study (n=1,145)Short sleep: ≤7 hr/night Normal sleep: ≥8 hr/nightSelf-reported18–65, 38.8%ORs of becoming obese in subjects with short sleep
 At the 6-yr follow-up: OR, 1.99; 95% CI, 1.12–3.55
 At the 11-yr follow-up: OR, 2.73; 95% CI, 1.47–5.04
 Kim et al. (2015)72Prospective study (follow-up: 2.6 yr)/KoreaGeneral population from the ARIRANG Study (n=3,862)Short sleep: <6 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥10 hr/day
Reference: 6–7.9 hr/day		Self-reported40–70, 41.1%New-onset metabolic syndrome
 Short sleep: OR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.06–1.88
 Long sleep: OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.39–1.17
High WC
 Short sleep: OR, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.98–1.69
 Long sleep: OR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.62–1.50
 Zhang et al. (2015)73Cross-sectional study/ChinaSchool-aged children (n=3,086)Sleep duration was categorized as: ≤8.00, 8.01–9.00, 9.01–10.00, and >10 hr/night;
Reference: >10 hr/night
Sleep compensated group: (weekend [or holiday] sleep duration–weekday sleep duration)/weekday sleep duration×100% ≥10%
Reference: noncompensated group		Self-reported7–14, 52.1%Risk of being overweight/obese
 Weekdays sleep ≤8.00 hr/night: OR, 1.995; 95% CI, 0.917–4.219
 Weekends sleep ≤8.00 hr/night: OR, 2.691; 95% CI, 1.513–4.785
 Long holidays sleep ≤8.00 hr/night: OR, 2.921; 95% CI, 1.630–5.323
 Sleep compensation during weekends: OR, 1.197; 95% CI, 1.004–1.493
 Sleep compensation during holidays: OR, 1.309; 95% CI, 1.052–1.630
Sleep duration and risk of diabetes
 Ayas et al. (2003)11Prospective (mean follow-up: 10 yr)/the United StatesFemale married registered nurses from the Nurses’ Health Study (n=70,026)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 8 hr/day		Self-reported40–65, 0%New-onset symptomatic diabetes
 Short sleep: RR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.04–1.72
 Long sleep: RR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.04–1.75
 Mallon et al. (2005)74Prospective (mean follow-up: 12 yr)/SwedenGeneral population (n=1,170)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/night
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/night
Reference: 5–8 hr/night		Self-reported45–65, 47.0%New-onset diabetes
 Male with short sleep: RR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.1–7.3
 Female with short sleep: RR, 1.8; 95% CI, 0.5–6.8
 Male with long sleep: NS
 Female with long sleep: RR, 2.9; 95% CI, 0.6–15.0
 Yaggi et al. (2006)75Prospective study (follow-up: 15–17 yr)/the United StatesMen from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study without diabetes (n=1,139)Average sleep duration was divided into: ≤5, 6, 7, 8, and >8 hr/night;
Reference: 7 hr/night		Self-reported40–70, 100%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep ≤5 hr/night: RR, 1.95; 95% CI, 0.95–4.01
 Sleep >8 hr/night: RR, 3.12; 95% CI, 1.53–6.37
Further adjusted for testosterone
 Sleep ≤5 hr/night: RR, 1.51; 95% CI, 0.71–3.19
 Sleep >8 hr/night: RR, 2.81; 95% CI, 1.34–5.90
 Gangwisch et al. (2007)76Prospective study (follow-up: 8–10 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I (n=8,992)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/night
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/night
Reference: 7 hr/night		Self-reported32–86, 37%New-onset diabetes
 Short sleep: OR, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.03–2.09
 Long sleep: OR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.06–2.18
 Hayashino et al. (2007)77Prospective study (median follow-up: 4.2 yr)/JapanAsian workers from High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion Study (n=6,509)Short sleep: sleep duration <6 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 6–7 hr/day		Self-reported38.2 (19–69), 73.9%New-onset diabetes
 Short sleep: HR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.76–1.74
 Long sleep: HR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.62–1.70
 Beihl et al. (2009)78Prospective study (follow-up: 5 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the Insulin
Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (n=900)		Short sleep: ≤7 hr/night
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/night
Reference: 8 hr/night		Self-reported40–69, 43.3%New-onset diabetes
 Non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics with short sleep: OR, 2.36; 95% CI, 1.11–5.00
 Non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics with long sleep: OR, 2.15; 95% CI, 0.50–9.30
 African American with short sleep: OR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.14–2.90
 African American with long sleep: OR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.02–7.19
 Chaput et al. (2009)79Longitudinal study (mean follow-up: 6.0±0.9 yr)/CanadaGeneral population from the Quebec Family Study (n=276)Short sleep: ≤6 hr/night
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/night
Reference: 7–8 hr/night		Self-reported21–64, 42.4%New-onset T2DM or IGT
 Short sleep: OR, 2.42; 95% CI, 1.49–3.33
 Long sleep: OR, 2.31; 95% CI, 1.41–3.15
 Xu et al. (2010)80Prospective study (follow-up: 6 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the National Institutes of Health-American Association of Retired Persons Diet and Health cohort (n=164,399)Average sleep duration was divided into: <5, 5–6, 7–8, and ≥9 hr/night;
Reference: 7–8 hr/night
Day napping was categorized as: none, <1 hr, and ≥1 hr/day;
Reference: none		Self-reported50–71, 56.8%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep <5 hr/night: OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.20–1.50
 Sleep 5–6 hr/night: OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.01–1.11
 Sleep ≥9 hr/night: OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.97–1.22
 Day napping <1 hr/day: OR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.18–1.29
 Day napping ≥1 hr/day: OR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.45–1.66
Hours of day napping×night sleep on diabetes: P<0.0001; among participants with no napping, only short night sleeping was associated with higher occurrence of diabetes (OR, 1.32), whereas among those with ≥1 hr of napping, both long (OR, 1.55) and short (OR, 1.78) sleeping was associated with higher risk.
 Kita et al. (2012)81Prospective, occupational-based study (follow-up: 4 yr)/JapanLocal government employees (n=3,570)Short sleep: ≤5 hr/day
Reference: >7 hr/day		Self-reported35–55, 79.0%New-onset diabetes
 Short sleep: OR, 5.37; 95% CI, 1.38–20.91
 von Ruesten et al. (2012)82Prospective study (mean follow-up: 7.8 yr)/GermanyGeneral population from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study (n=23,620)Short sleep: <6 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥9 hr/day
Reference: 7–<8 hr/day		Self-reported35–65, 38.6%New-onset diabetes
 Short sleep: HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.80–1.40
 Long sleep: HR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.82–1.33
 Holliday et al. (2013)83Prospective study (mean follow-up: 2.3 yr)/AustraliaGeneral population from the 45 and Up Study (n=212,388)Average sleep duration was categorized as: <6, 6–<7, 7–<8, 8–<9, 9–<10, and ≥10 hr/day;
Reference: 7–<8 hr/day		Self-reported≥45, 47.3%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep <6 hr: HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.08–1.53
 Sleep ≥10 hr: HR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.88–1.19
 Gutiérrez-Repiso et al. (2014)71Prospective study (follow-up: 11 yr)/SpainGeneral population from the Pizarra cohort study (n=1,145)Short sleep: ≤7 hr/night
Reference: ≥8 hr/night		Self-reported18–65, 38.8%New-onset diabetes
 At the 6-yr follow-up, short sleep: OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.10–3.50
 At the 11-yr follow-up, short sleep: OR, 1.28; 95% CI, 0.60–2.69
 Heianza et al. (2014)84Prospective study (follow-up: 8 yr)/JapanWorkers (n=38,987)Average sleep duration was categorized as: <5.5, 5.5–<6.5, 6.5–<7.0, 7.0–7.5, >7.5–8.0, or >8.0 hr/day;
Short sleep: <5.5 or 5.5–<6.5 hr/day;
Reference: 7.0–7.5 hr/day		Self-reported18–83, 64.2%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep <5.5 hr: OR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.19–1.97
 Sleep 5.5–<6.5 hr: OR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.10–1.42
 Sleep >8 hr/day: OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.81–1.30
 In age ≤45 yr, sleep <5.5 hr: OR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.08–2.42
 In age 46–59 yr, sleep <5.5 hr: OR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.10–2.22
 In age ≥60 yr, sleep <5.5 hr: OR, 1.72; 95% CI, 0.75–3.92
 Lou et al. (2015)85Prospective study (median follow-up: 5 yr)/ChinaGeneral population (n=11,842)Short sleep: ≤6 hr/night
Long sleep: ≥8 hr/night
Reference: 6–8 hr/night		Self-reported44.8±14.7, 45.4%New-onset T2DM
 Short sleep: RR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.34–2.16
 Long sleep: RR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.02–1.77
 Kim et al. (2015)72Prospective study (follow-up: 2.6 yr)/KoreaGeneral population (n= 3,862)Short sleep: <6 hr/day
Long sleep: ≥10 hr/day
Reference: 6–7.9 hr/day		Self-reported40–70, 41.1%High blood glucose
 Short sleep: OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.96–1.79
 Long sleep: OR, 0.56; 95 CI, 0.29–1.04
 Han et al. (2016)86Prospective Study (follow-up: 3–4.75 yr)/ChinaRetired employees from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort (n=16,399)Sleep duration was categorized as: <7, 7–<8 (reference), 8–<9, 9–<10, and ≥10 hr/night;
afternoon napping was divided into: no napping (0 min, reference), 1–30, 31–60, 61–90, and >90 min		Self-reported62.5, 43.2%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep <7 hr/night: HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.72–1.19
 Sleep ≥10 hr/night: HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.08–1.87
 Napping >90 min: HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.03–1.59
 Sleep duration ≥10 hr/night and napping >60 min: HR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.03–2.85
Sleep duration and glycemic control
 Knutson et al. (2006)87Cross-sectional study/the United StatesAfrican-American women and men with diabetes (n=161)Perceived sleep debt: the difference between weekday sleep duration and preferred sleep durationSelf-reported57±12, 26.1%Glycemic control (lnHbA1c)
 Sleep debt in patients without diabetic complications: β, 0.51; P=0.04
 Sleep debt in patients with 1 or more diabetic complications: β, −0.005; P=0.85
 Kim et al. (2013)88Cross-sectional study/KoreaKorean patients with diabetes (n=2,134)Sleep duration was categorized as: <6, 6, 7, 8, and ≥9 hr/day;
Reference: 7 hr/day		Self-reported61.7±12.3, 49.9%OR of high HbA1c (≥7.0%)
 Total with sleep <6 hr/day: OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.85–1.60
 Total with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 1.38; 95% CI, 0.93–2.03
 Female with sleep <6 hr/day: OR, 1.46; 95% CI, 0.96–2.21
 Female with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.75–2.27
 Age <65 yr with sleep <6 hr/day: OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 0.86–2.09
 Age <65 yr with sleep ≥9 hr/day: OR, 1.33; 95% CI, 0.84–2.41
 Ohkuma et al. (2013)67Cross-sectional study/JapanJapanese patients with T2DM (n=4,870)Sleep duration was categorized as: <4.5, 4.5–5.4, 5.5–6.4, 6.5–7.4, 7.5–8.4, and ≥8.5 hr/daySelf-reported≥20, 57%Adjusted geometric means (95% CIs) of HbA1c
 Sleep <4.5 hr/day: 7.52 (7.38–7.67)
 Sleep 6.5–7.4 hr/day: 7.32 (7.28–7.37)
 Sleep ≥8.5 hr/day: 7.43 (7.34–7.52)
 P for quadratic trend: 0.004
 Wang et al. (2015)89Cross-sectional study/ChinaPatients with diabetes from the baseline survey of the REACTION Study (n=56,032)Sleep duration was categorized as: <6, 6–7.9, 8–8.9, and ≥9 hr/night;
Reference: 6–7.9 hr/night		Self-reportedSleep <6 hr/night: 61.2±8.8, 37%;
Sleep ≥9 hr/night: 61.4±9.7, 38%;
Reference: 60.5±8.8, 39%		Poor glycemic control (HbA1c ≥7.0%)
 Sleep <6 hr/night: OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.99–1.21
 Sleep ≥9 hr/night: OR, 1.11; 95% CI, 1.05–1.18
 Kong et al. (2017)90Cross-sectional study/Hong KongHong Kong Chinese patients with T2DM (n=3,508)Sleep duration: the period between bedtime and wake-up time on weekdays and weekendsSelf-reported53.9±8.7, 59%Sleep duration difference between weekdays and weekends is curvilinearly associated with both HbA1c and FPG.
 One hour more sleep during weekends than weekdays was associated with a decrease in HbA1c (−0.13%; 95 % CI, −0.24 to −0.02).

Values are presented as range, mean±standard deviation, or mean (range).

RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; OR, odds ratio; NS, not specified; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; PSG, polysomnography; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; FPG, fasting plasma glucose.

Clinical studies examining the association between sleep quality with obesity and diabetes

Author (year)Type of study/country or regionStudy population (sample size)Definition of sleep disturbancesMethod of sleep assessmentAge (yr) and male (%)Outcome
Sleep quality and weight gain/obesity
 Lyytikäine et al. (2011)91Prospective study (follow-up: 5–7 yr)/FinlandMiddle-aged municipal employees from the Helsinki Health Study (n=7,022)Trouble falling asleep, waking up several times per night, trouble staying asleep, or waking up early feeling tired: the corresponding sleep problems ≥15 nights in the past 4 weeksSelf-reported (the Jenkins Sleep Questionnaire)40–60, 18.5%Weight gain of ≥5 kg
 Female with trouble falling asleep: OR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.09–2.03
 Female with waking up several times per night: OR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.09–1.65
 Female with trouble staying asleep: OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.02–1.62
 Female with waking up tired: OR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.83–1.30
 Male: NS
 Huang et al. (2013)92Cross-sectional study/ChinaPatients with insomnia (n=141)Slow wave sleep time and rapid eye movement sleep timePSGInsomnia: 42.2±9.8, 44%
Healthy: 38.9±12.4, 51%		BMI
 Slow wave sleep time (min): β, −0.013; 95% CI, −0.026 to −0.001; P=0.043
 Rapid eye movement sleep time (min): β, 0.007; 95% CI, −0.008 to 0.023; P=0.352
 Piccolo et al. (2013)93Prospective study (follow-up: 4.8±0.6 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the Boston Area Community Health Survey (n=4,145)Restless sleep: experiencing restless sleep much of the time during the past weekSelf-reported30–79, NSNew-onset obesity
 Experiencing restless sleep: OR, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.10–2.49
 Sivertsen et al. (2014)94Prospective study (follow-up: 11 yr)/NorwayGeneral population from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Studies (n=24,715)Insomnia: “often” or “almost every night” had difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep in the preceding month, in addition to reporting impaired work performance caused by insomnia during the preceding yearSelf-reported32–66, 43.1%New-onset obesity
 Insomnia: OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.96–1.33
 Vgontzas et al. (2014)70Prospective study (total follow-up: 7.5 yr; women: 4.5 yr; men: 10.5 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population (n=815)Insomnia: a complaint of insomnia with a duration of ≥1 yr
Poor sleep: a moderate-to-severe complaint of difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, early morning awakening, or non-restorative sleep. Normal sleep: absence of either of these two categories.		Self-reported48.9±13.4, 50.5%New-onset obesity
 Insomnia with adjustment for subjective sleep duration: OR, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.15–1.53
 Poor sleep with adjustment for subjective sleep duration: OR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.02–3.13
 Insomnia with adjustment for objective sleep duration: OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.20–1.77
 Poor sleep with adjustment for objective sleep duration: OR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.03–3.00
 Tan et al. (2015)95Cross-sectional study/FinlandOverweight middle-aged men (n=211)OSA: an AHI of 5 or greater with EDS or an AHI of 15 or greater, regardless of associated symptoms
Insomnia: DIS and/or DMS and/or NRS, and lasted for at least 1 month during the last 3 months
Reference: overweight participants free from any sleep disorders		Specialist physician diagnosis (through Vitalmed sleep questionnaire and PSG)30–65, 100%BMI
 Reference, 15.8±4.3; OSA, 19.7±6.0 (P<0.05); insomnia, 18.5±5.9; OSA+insomnia, 19.7±7.1 (P<0.05)
Waist circumference (cm)
 Reference, 98.0±7.6; OSA, 110.4±9.0 (P<0.05); insomnia, 106.5±10.2 (P<0.05); OSA+insomnia, 111.4±14.7 (P<0.05)
Fat mass trunk (kg)
 Reference, 15.8±4.3; OSA, 19.7±6.0 (P<0.05); insomnia, 18.5±5.9 (P<0.05); OSA+insomnia, 19.7±7.1 (P<0.05)
Fat mass android region (kg)
 Reference, 2.9±0.9; OSA, 3.7±1.1 (P<0.05); insomnia, 3.5±1.2 (P<0.05); OSA+insomnia, 3.8±1.4 (P<0.05)
Sleep quality and risk of diabetes
 Nilsson et al. (2004)96Prospective study (mean follow-up: 14.8±2.4 yr)/SwedenHealthy men from the Malmo Preventive Project (n=6,599)Sleep disturbances: had either or both positive reply to difficulty in falling asleep or generally use sleeping pills more than 3 times a weekSelf-reported questionnaire35–51, 100%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep disturbances: OR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.05–2.20
 Björkelund et al. (2005)97Prospective study (follow-up: 32 yr)/SwedenSwedish women from the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg (n=661)Sleep complaints: sleep problems (without specified time frame) and/or having consulted a doctor for sleep problems and/or hospital admission for this reasonSelf-reported70–92, 0%New-onset diabetes
 Sleep complaints: RR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.91–1.18
 Mallon et al. (2005)74Prospective study (mean follow-up: 12 yr)/SwedenGeneral population (n=1,170)DIS: had severe difficulties (scores 4 and 5) in initiating sleep
DMS: had severe difficulties (scores 4 and 5) in maintaining sleep		Self-reported (the Uppsala Sleep Inventory)45–65, 47.0%New-onset diabetes
 Male with DIS: RR, 2.4; 95% CI, 0.7–8.6
 Male with DMS: RR, 4.8; 95% CI, 1.9–12.5
 Female with DIS: NS
 Female with DMS: RR, 1.8; 95% CI, 0.5–6.0
 Meisinger et al. (2005)98Prospective study (mean follow-up: 7.5 yr)/GermanyGeneral population (n=8,269)DIS: often had trouble falling asleep
DMS: often woke up during the night		Self-reported25–74, 49.9%New-onset diabetes
 Male with DIS: HR, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.59–2.03
 Female with DIS: HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 0.81–2.50
 Male with DMS: HR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.05–2.45
 Female with DMS: HR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.05–2.45
 Hayashino et al. (2007)77Prospective study (median follow-up: 4.2 yr)/JapanAsian healthy workers from High-risk and Population
Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion Study (n=6,509)		DIS: sometimes or often had difficulties initiating sleeping
DMS: sometimes or often had difficulties maintaining sleeping		Self-reported38.2 (19–69), 73.9%New-onset diabetes
 Sometimes DIS: HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.05–1.91
 Often DIS: HR,1.61; 95% CI, 1.00–2.58
 Sometimes DMS: HR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.97–1.76
 Often DMS: 1.37; 95% CI, 0.87–2.16
 Kita et al. (2012)81Prospective, occupational-based study (follow-up: 4 yr)/JapanLocal government employees (n=3,570)Any sleep difficulties participants may have experienced ≥3 times a week during the previous month in sleep induction, awakening during the night, early morning awakening, self-perceived insufficient sleep duration, and overall quality of sleepSelf-reported questionnaire35–55, 79.0%New-onset diabetes
 Awakening during the night: OR, 5.03; 95% CI, 1.43–17.64
 Self-perceived insufficient sleep duration: OR, 6.76; 95% CI, 2.09–21.87
 Unsatisfactory overall quality of sleep: OR, 3.71; 95% CI, 1.37–10.07
 Piccolo et al. (2013)93Prospective study (mean follow-up: 4.8±0.6 yr)/the United StatesGeneral population from the Boston Area Community Health Survey (n=4,145)Restless sleep: experiencing restless sleep much of the time during the past weekSelf-reported30–79, NSNew-onset T2DM
 Restless sleep: OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.67–1.64
 Sivertsen et al. (2014)94Prospective study (follow-up: 11 yr)/NorwayGeneral population from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Studies (n=24,715)Insomnia: “often” or “almost every night” had difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep in the preceding month, in addition to reporting impaired work performance caused by insomnia during the preceding yearSelf-reported32–66, 43.1%New-onset T2DM
 Insomnia: OR, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.82–1.41
 Lou et al. (2015)85Prospective study (follow-up: 5 yr)/ChinaGeneral population (n=11,842)Poor sleep: had difficulties with initiating and maintaining sleep ≥8 days per month on average during the previous yearSelf-reported44.8±14.7, 45.4%New-onset T2DM
 Poor sleep quality: RR, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.31–2.74
 Poor sleep quality with short sleep duration (≤ 6 hr/night): RR, 6.21; 95% CI, 2.78–11.81
 Lee et al. (2016)99Prospective study (median follow-up period: 2.5 yr)/KoreaGeneral population from the family cohort study in primary care (the FACTS) (n=563)Poor sleep quality: the score of the PSQI ≥5Self-reported10–75, 45.6%New-onset T2DM
 RR, 2.64; 95% CI, 1.03–6.78
Sleep quality and glycemic control
 Knutson et al. (2006)87Cross-sectional study/the United StatesAfrican-American women and men with diabetes (n=161)Modified PSQI score: PSQI score after removing the sleep duration component to assess sleep quality independently from sleep quantitySelf-reported questionnaire57±12, 26.1%Glycemic control (lnHbA1c)
 Modified PSQI score in patients without diabetic complications: β, −0.014; P=0.16
 Modified PSQI score in patients with at least 1 diabetic complications: β, 0.043; P=0.002
 Wan Mahmood et al. (2013)100Cross-sectional study/IrelandCaucasian patients with T2DM (n=114)Poor sleep quality: the score of PSQI >5Self-reported questionnaireNS, 54.4%Log HbA1c
 Poor sleep quality: β, 0.038; P=0.826
 Cho et al. (2014)101Cross-sectional study/KoreaPatients with T2DM (n=614)Sleep apnea: SDQ-SA ≥36 for males and ≥32 for females;
Poor sleep: PSQI score ≥5
Insomnia: any difficulty in falling asleep, maintaining sleep, early morning waking, and non-restorative sleep occurring at least three times per week over the preceding month		Self-reported questionnaires59.7±11.1, 62.1%Postprandial glucose
 Sleep apnea score (SDQ-SA): r=0.100, P=0.032
HbA1c
 No significant association between HbA1c values and poor sleep, insomnia
 Nefs et al. (2015)102Cross-sectional study/the NetherlandsDutch adults with T1DM (n=267) or T2DM (n=361), (total n=628)Poor sleep quality: PSQI score >5Self-reported questionnaireT1DM: 47±16, 41%
T2DM: 62±9, 54%		Most recent HbA1c, % (mmol/mol)
 In T1DM, good sleep quality vs. poor sleep quality: 7.5±0.9 (58±10) vs. 7.5±1.1 (59±12), P=0.68;
 In T2DM, good sleep quality vs. poor sleep quality: 7.1±1.3 (54±14) vs. 7.3±1.3 (57±14), P=0.09
 Osonoi et al. (2015)103Cross-sectional study/JapanPatients with T2DM (n=724)Poor sleep quality: PSQI score ≥9
Average sleep quality: PSQI score 6–8
Good sleep quality: PSQI score ≤5		Self-reported questionnaire57.8±8.6, 62.9%Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)
 Good sleep: 132±31; average sleep: 136±31; poor sleep: 141±32 (P>0.05)
HbA1c (%)
 Good sleep: 6.9±1.0; average sleep: 7.1±1.1; poor sleep: 7.1±0.8; (P>0.05)

Values are presented as range or mean± standard deviation.

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NS, not specified; PSG, polysomnography; BMI, body mass index; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; AHI, apnea hypopnea index; EDS, excessive daytime sleepiness; DIS, difficulty in initiating sleep; DMS, difficulty in maintaining sleep; NRS, nonrestorative sleep; RR, relative risk; HR, hazard ratio; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; PSQI: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; SDQ-SA, the Sleep Disorders Questionnaire Sleep Apnea subscale; T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus.

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