NSU Research Contributions

Title : Relationship of sleep pattern and snoring with chronic disease: findings from a nationwide population-based survey. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.

Authors : Fakir Md. Yunus MPH, Dipak K .Mitra PhD, , Kaosar Afsana PhD, Mahfuzar Rahman PhD

Abstract : Abstract Objectives To investigate the association of total sleep time and presence or absence of snoring with chronic disease among the Bangladeshi adult population. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Urban and rural Bangladesh. Participants A total of 12,338 men and women aged ?35 years. Measurements Total sleep time was considered as the total hours of sleep in 24 hours. Furthermore, sleep time was categorized into 9 hours according to National Sleep Foundation (2015) guidelines. Self-reported snoring history was captured and corroborated with their respective sleep partner/spouse in more than 80% cases. Registered physician-diagnosed current and/or previous cases of hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and any other chronic conditions were counted. Results Overall prevalence of at least 1 chronic disease in our study population was around 18%: men (15.4%) and women (20.0%). Hypertension has the highest prevalence (overall: 12.7%, men: 12.2%, women: 15%) followed by diabetes (4.9%), coronary heart diseases (3.2%), stroke (1.8%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (0.9%), and cancer (any type: 0.1%). Sleep pattern and snoring are significantly associated with all individual chronic disease except cancer. Sociodemographic, behavioral, and lifestyle variables were adjusted, and inadequate total sleep time (

Journal : Sleep Health	Volume : 4	Year : February 2018	Issue : 1
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