The Role of Perceived Sleep Quality in Cardiovascular Health Factors and Behaviors Among Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes.
Stephanie Griggs, Johnathan Huynh, Jorden Rieke and 1 others
PMID 37646333WHAT IT FOUND
Perceived sleep quality was associated with A1C, diet, and physical activity, but not BMI, in young adults with type 1 diabetes.
The study cannot show sleep changes diabetes control.
Key findings
0140.6% (n = 28) met the cutoff for clinically significant poor sleep quality.
02After adjustment, perceived sleep quality remained associated with A1C (β = .389, p = .002), physical activity (β = -.267, p = .038), and diet (β = -.358, p = .004).
03The association with BMI was not significant (p = 0.151).
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What it does not show
The sample was small, with 69 young adults in the study after 6 cases were excluded. The sample was 88.4% non-Hispanic White, 79.7% female, and 57.3% college-educated, and 60.6% had optimal glycemia, so it may not represent other young adults with type 1 diabetes. Sleep quality, diet, physical activity, height, and weight were self-reported, so perceptions may not match objective measures. The study did not measure blood lipids, blood pressure, or waist circumference. It did not test whether improving sleep quality changes A1C, BMI, diet, or physical activity.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving sleep will lower A1C, improve diet, increase activity, or reduce BMI. The study measured associations using self-reported sleep, diet, activity, height, and weight, and it did not test whether changing sleep changes any outcome.