Karen P Jakubowski1, Jennifer M Boylan2, Jenny M Cundiff2, Karen A Matthews3. 1. Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. 3. Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Electronic address: matthewska@upmc.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To test whether napping was associated with 2 inflammatory markers with known relationships to cardiovascular disease: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Because IL-6 is known to impact central inflammatory processes that relate to sleep regulation, including subjective fatigue, we tested whether this relationship was moderated by sleep duration, sleep efficiency, and self-reported sleep quality. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS: A community sample of Black and White men (N=253) completed a week of actigraphy and diary measures of sleep and napping and provided a fasting blood sample. MEASUREMENTS/ANALYSIS: Napping was measured as the proportion of days with at least 30 minutes napped and the average minutes napped per day. Linear regressions adjusted for race, socioeconomic status, employment, body mass index, smoking, medications that affect sleep or inflammation, working the nightshift, and day-sleeping status, followed by interaction terms between napping and sleep duration, efficiency, and quality, respectively. RESULTS: There were no significant main effects of actigraphy- or diary-measured napping on IL-6 or hsCRP. Moderation analyses indicated elevated IL-6 values among men who napped more days (by actigraphy) and demonstrated short sleep duration (P=.03). Moderation analyses also indicated elevated IL-6 among men who demonstrated greater average minutes napped (by actigraphy) and short sleep duration (P<.001), low efficiency (P=.03), and poor quality (P=.03). Moderation analyses involving diary napping or hsCRP were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: Actigraphy-assessed daytime napping is related to higher IL-6 in men who demonstrate worse sleep characteristics. Daytime napping may pose additional risk for inflammation beyond the known risk conferred by short sleep.
OBJECTIVES: To test whether napping was associated with 2 inflammatory markers with known relationships to cardiovascular disease: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Because IL-6 is known to impact central inflammatory processes that relate to sleep regulation, including subjective fatigue, we tested whether this relationship was moderated by sleep duration, sleep efficiency, and self-reported sleep quality. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS: A community sample of Black and White men (N=253) completed a week of actigraphy and diary measures of sleep and napping and provided a fasting blood sample. MEASUREMENTS/ANALYSIS: Napping was measured as the proportion of days with at least 30 minutes napped and the average minutes napped per day. Linear regressions adjusted for race, socioeconomic status, employment, body mass index, smoking, medications that affect sleep or inflammation, working the nightshift, and day-sleeping status, followed by interaction terms between napping and sleep duration, efficiency, and quality, respectively. RESULTS: There were no significant main effects of actigraphy- or diary-measured napping on IL-6 or hsCRP. Moderation analyses indicated elevated IL-6 values among men who napped more days (by actigraphy) and demonstrated short sleep duration (P=.03). Moderation analyses also indicated elevated IL-6 among men who demonstrated greater average minutes napped (by actigraphy) and short sleep duration (P<.001), low efficiency (P=.03), and poor quality (P=.03). Moderation analyses involving diary napping or hsCRP were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: Actigraphy-assessed daytime napping is related to higher IL-6 in men who demonstrate worse sleep characteristics. Daytime napping may pose additional risk for inflammation beyond the known risk conferred by short sleep.
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