Associations between sleep duration and insulin resistance in European children and adolescents considering the mediating role of abdominal obesity.

Associations between sleep duration and insulin resistance in European children and adolescents considering the mediating role of abdominal obesity.

<h4>Background</h4>Short sleep duration has been suggested to lead to insulin resistance both directly by altering glucose metabolism and indirectly through obesity. This study aims to investigate associations between nocturnal sleep duration and insulin resistance considering abdominal...

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Main Authors: Barbara F Thumann, Nathalie Michels, Regina Felső, Monica Hunsberger, Jaakko Kaprio, Luis A Moreno, Alfonso Siani, Michael Tornaritis, Toomas Veidebaum, Stefaan De Henauw, Wolfgang Ahrens, Claudia Börnhorst, IDEFICS and I. Family Consortia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235049

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