A Systematic Review on Sleep Duration and Dyslipidemia in Adolescents: Understanding Inconsistencies

Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo; Barufaldi, Laura Augusta; Bloch, Katia Vergetti; Szklo, Moyses

doi:10.5935/abc.20150121

Keywords
Sleep; Dyslipidemias; Adolescent; Review

Palavras-chave
Sono; Dislipidemias; Adolescente; Revisão

Keywords
Sleep; Dyslipidemias; Adolescent; Review

Palavras-chave
Sono; Dislipidemias; Adolescente; Revisão

Introduction

Although many questions about the role of sleep remain unanswered, it is known that sleep is not only a physiological function, but also performs an important role in promoting growth, maturation and general health of children and adolescents¹, contributing significantly to cognitive, emotional functions and school performance². Currently, there is a tendency for the young population to have irregular sleeping hours, with differences in bed and wake-up times between weekdays and weekends, especially as they get older²^-⁴.

There is a growing interest about the impact of sleep and its disorders on regulation of inflammatory processes and morbidities, particularly in the context of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and their complications¹. In children and adolescents, cross-sectional⁵^-⁷ and prospective⁸^,⁹ studies have shown an association between overweight or obesity and few hours of sleep. In adults, there is evidence supporting this association, as well as correlations with insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases¹⁰^-¹⁵.

Few hours of sleep can also play a role in the etiology of a key risk factor to CVD, dyslipidemia¹²^,¹⁴^,¹⁵. Physiologically, sleep reduction is associated with hormonal alterations that may promote the development of an atherogenic lipid profile, including increase of cortisol and ghrelin and reduction of leptin levels, in addition to sympathovagal responses¹⁶^-¹⁸. In order to obtain more information about the association between lipid metabolism alterations and sleep duration specifically in adolescents, we have performed a systematic review of the literature.

Methods

This systematic review was based on the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‑analyses (PRISMA) statement¹⁹.

The search was performed in the electronic databases Medline via Pubmed²⁰ Lilacs²¹, Web of Science²², Scopus²³ and Adolec²⁴.

Selection of the descriptors used in the review process was made through MeSH (Pubmed’s Medical Subject Headings). The search was performed in English, using three concept blocks: the first with terms related to sleep (sleep); the second with terms related to adolescence (adoles*, teen*, student*, youth, young); and the third with terms related to lipids (lipid*, lipemia*, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglyceride*, lipoprotein*, hypercholesterolemia*, hypercholesteremia*, dyslipidemia*, dyslipoproteinemia*, hyperlipidemia*, hyperlipemia*, “high density lipoprotein cholesterol”, “low density lipoprotein cholesterol”). The Boolean operator “OR” was used for the combination of the descriptors within each block and the Boolean operator “AND” was used to combine the blocks amongst themselves. The truncation of terms was applied when necessary. No search limits were used for date, language, study design or sample size. The search was carried out in August 2014, contemplating articles published up to that date. Table 1 shows the search strategy used in each database.

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Table 1
Search strategy used for each database

Criteria for article inclusion in the systematic review were as follows: (a) studies on adolescents older than 10 years old; (b) studies that evaluated the association between sleep duration in hours and any lipid marker; (c) original research article. Articles evaluating any kind of sleep-related disorder, review studies, and experimental studies with animals were excluded. It was decided not to include theses, dissertations, and monographs. We reviewed the bibliographic references of reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses that were found in the databases.

The articles were selected by two epidemiologists (GAA and LAB), initially based on title reading and then on abstract reading. Of the selected abstracts, the full articles were reviewed. In case of disagreement between the two reviewers with regard to the inclusion criteria, the title, and the abstract or the full article was maintained to be further evaluated. In case of disagreement with regard to the inclusion criteria, a third person was consulted.

Data from included articles were extracted independently, in duplicate (GAA and LAB), using a standard form. After extraction, data were compared and discussed. We extracted information about authorship, publication date, study place, population study, type of study, methods of sleep duration measurement and lipid profile assessment, sleep duration in hours, lipid markers, measure of association used to evaluate the correlation between hours of sleep and lipid profile, and variables used for adjustment of regression models.

We used an adaptation of the Newcastle-Ottawa (NOS) Quality Assessment Scale for Case-Control and Cohort Studies²⁵, from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, to assess the quality of the longitudinal study included in this review. We also used the same scale adapted by Flynn et al²⁶ to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies.

Due to the great amount of methodological heterogeneity observed between the assessed studies, a narrative approach to synthesize the results of studies included in the present systematic review was considered a better strategy.

Results

The flowchart showing the selection process is shown in Figure 1. By the end of the evaluation process, of the 859 articles chosen after the removal of duplicates, 25 were submitted to full evaluation. Seven articles met the inclusion criteria at the end of the process.

Figure 1
Flowchart of article selection.

Table 2 shows the relevant characteristics of the selected studies. Of the seven studies included, only one²⁷ is longitudinal. The other six studies are cross-sectional. Five of the 7 studies²⁷^-³¹ included students. Sample sizes varied considerably, from 699 in the study by Rey-López et al³⁰ to 14,267 adolescents in the study by Gangwisch et al²⁷.

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Table 2
Main characteristics of the selected studies

All studies used questionnaires to obtain hours of sleep. The variable “sleep duration” was used as continuous in three studies²⁷^,²⁹^,³⁰; whereas the other studies used different categories to classify sleep duration.

To obtain the lipid profiles, five studies collected venous blood²⁸^,³⁰^-³³, one collected capillary blood²⁹, and another used self-reported information²⁷. Five studies measured total cholesterol²⁸^-³² and HDL-cholesterol²⁸^-³⁰^,³²^,³³, four measured triglycerides²⁸^,³⁰^,³¹^,³³, and two evaluated LDL-cholesterol²⁸^,³¹. Almost all studies controlled for gender²⁷^,²⁸^,³⁰^,³³ and age²⁷^,²⁸^,³⁰^-³³; waist perimeter was adjusted for in two²⁸^,²⁹, physical activity in four²⁷^,³⁰^,³¹^,³³, Tanner stage in two²⁸^,³², maternal level of education in two³¹^,³², socioeconomic status in two³⁰^,³¹, body mass index (BMI) in one²⁸, and caloric intake in one³³.

The methodological quality assessment of the seven included studies is shown in Table 3. Only two cross-sectional studies²⁸^,³¹ obtained four points out of six in the bias risk evaluation. The longitudinal study showed a moderate risk of bias²⁷.

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Table 3
Evaluation of the risk of bias of the studies included

Table 4 shows the main results of the associations found and the control variables each study used. Considering the seven studies included, only in three an association was found between hours of sleep and lipid profile²⁷^,²⁸^,³³. Two studies found that shorter sleep duration was associated with a worse lipid profile (total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol)²⁷^,²⁸, and the results of the third one³³ showed that long sleep duration was associated with high triglyceride levels. The other four studies²⁹^-³² did not find any association.

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Table 4
Main results of the studies included in the review

In four studies²⁷^,²⁹^,³¹^,³³ the odds ratio was reported, whereas the other studies reported²⁸^,³⁰^,³² β coefficients from regression analysis.

Discussion

The present systematic review showed lack of consistent evidence regarding the association between sleep duration and lipid profile in adolescents. Few studies were found and some had methodological limitations. There was great heterogeneity regarding the classification and type of analysis of sleep duration and lipid metabolism markers, which probably contributed to the inconsistency of the observed results.

Concerning heterogeneity between studies, this systematic review included studies that evaluated the outcome using different methods (self-reported²⁷, capillary blood sample²⁹, venous blood sample²⁸^,³⁰^-³³) or with different interval duration between the measure of exposition and the outcome³².

Gangwisch et al²⁷ did not exclude adolescents with dyslipidemia at baseline, thus, the incidence of dyslipidemia in adolescents could not be ascertained. Moreover, as the outcome established was self-reported, and the diagnosis of dyslipidemia depends on access to medical care, a bias may have occurred if adolescents from different socioeconomic status have different sleep habits.

All studies included in this systematic review obtained information about sleep duration based on questionnaires, a method frequently used in sleep research because of its easy application and low cost. However, the validity of the information obtained through questionnaires is of concern, particularly when the tools have not been submitted to a validation process. Adolescents may report only socially desirable sleeping and waking up hours³⁴. Although all studies used questionnaires, sleep duration evaluation was also heterogeneous: one study asked the parents about the adolescent´s sleep duration³¹, one used pre-defined categories of bedtime and waking-up time³², while the others asked about sleep duration in an open question²⁷^-³⁰^,³³.

Actigraphy – based on monitoring of activities – has been established as a valid and reliable method to evaluate sleep-wake patterns in children, adolescents and adults³⁵^,³⁶. Objective methods for hours of sleep quantification in a population-based study are difficult to use, particularly in studies with relatively large samples. Kong et al²⁸ used actigraphy in only about 7% of their study sample (138 out of 2,053) and demonstrated a reasonable agreement between actigraphy and adolescents’ self-reports (intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.72, CI 95%: 0.61-0.80).

In the studies included in this review, duration of sleep was measured in two different ways, as a continuous²⁷^,²⁹^,³⁰ or categorical variable²⁸^,³¹^-³³. The lack of consensus about the best cut-off point to define short sleep duration makes it difficult to compare different studies, which would become easier if sleep duration were used as a continuous variable.

The present systematic review included a longitudinal study with important limitations and the cross-sectional studies showed associations in different directions. It was not possible to evaluate publication bias, due to the small number of studies identified. In summary, it is still uncertain whether there is an association between hours of sleep and lipid profile in adolescents. Heterogeneity regarding the way sleep hours were classified and analyzed, as well as the use of different lipids analytes may have contributed for the inconsistency of findings. More studies should be conducted on this issue to clarify the nature of this association and the involved biological mechanisms. These future studies must be longitudinal, use sleep duration as a continuous variable and consider the role of potential confounders or effect modifiers. Care must be taken to avoid over-adjustment, including variables that can be intermediary in the association between sleep duration and dyslipidemia such as BMI and food consumption.

Because of its strong association with cardiovascular disease in adults, it is important to identify and modify factors that are associated with lipid profile¹⁵ in adolescents. If short sleep duration is responsible for an unfavorable lipid profile, interventions that improve the quality and duration of sleep may contribute to decrease long-term cardiovascular risk.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) for providing a doctoral fellowship to GAA (process nº E26/100.332/2013). KVB (process nº 303594/2009-8) and MS process nº 302877/2009-6) were partially supported by CNPq.

Sources of Funding

There were no external funding sources for this study.
Study Association

This article is part of the thesis of Doctoral submitted by Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu, from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

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Date of issue
Oct 2015

History

Received
18 Jan 2015
Reviewed
29 June 2015
Accepted
01 July 2015

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[2] ² National Sleep Foundation. Adolescente sleep needs and patterns: research report. Washington, DC; 2000.

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[4] ⁴ Iglowstein I, Jenni OG, Molinari L, Largo RH. Sleep duration from infancy to adolescence: reference values and generational trends. Pediatrics. 2003;111(2):302-7.

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[7] ⁷ Chen MY, Wang EK, Jeng YJ. Adequate sleep among adolescents is positively associated with health status and health-related behaviors. BMC Public Health. 2006;6:59-66.

[8] ⁸ Agras WS, Hammer LD, McNicholas F, Kraemer HC. Risk factors for childhood overweight: a prospective study from birth to 9.5 years. J Pediatr. 2004;145(1):20-5.

[9] ⁹ Reilly JJ, Armstrong J, Dorosty AR, Emmett PM, Ness A, Rogers I, et al. Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study. BMJ. 2005;330(7504):1357.

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Reference/ Country	Study design/ Collection date	Study population	Age	Method for obtaining hours of sleep	Exposure classification (hours of sleep)	Method for lipid profile evaluation	Outcome (alterations of lipids)
Gangwisch et al.²⁷, 2010/ United States	Longitudinal	Students, with national representativeness n = 14,257	11-21 years boys ≅ 15.8 years old	Questionnaire	Continuous	Questionnaire/ "Has any doctor ever (between the 1st and the 3rd wave) said you have high cholesterol?"	Dichotomous variable
	Wave I: 1994-95
	Wave II: 1996
	Wave III 2001-02	48.7% male	girls ≅ 15.9 years old				Yes/No
Kong et al²⁸, 2011/ Hong Kong	Cross-sectional/ February 2007 -April 2008	Students^* * number of adolescents evaluated; total number of individuals evaluated in the study is 2,053, including children and adolescents; n = 1,274	12-20 years old^† † does not provide average age data or distribution by gender only for the adolescents’ group;	Questionnaire⁷	<6.5h: 20%	Blood collection (TC, TG, HDL, LDL cholesterol)	Hypercholesterolemia
							TC ≥ 5.2 mmol/L
							LDL ≥ 2.6 mmol/L
				Actigraphy in sub-sample (n = 138)	6.5-8h: 40%		HDL <1.0 mmol/L
				Actigraphy in sub-sample (n = 138)	>8h: 20%	Comparison of extreme quintiles	TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/L
Narang et al²⁹, 2012/ Canada	Cross-sectional/ 2009-2010	Student n = 3,372 48.9% male	≅ 14.6 years old^‡ ‡ does not provide age group;	Questionnaire³⁷^,³⁸	Continuous	Capillary blood collection without fasting (TC and HDL cholesterol)	TC
							Borderline: 4.4-5.1 mmol/L:
							High: ≥ 5.2 mmol/L
					Quartiles		Non-HDL-cholesterol^§ § non-HDL cholesterol corresponds to total cholesterol minus HDL cholesterol;
							Borderline: > 3.10 to 3.75 mmol/L
							High: > 3.75 mmol/L
Azadbakht et al³¹, 2013/ Iran	Cross-sectional Data from CASPIAN III^// // CASPIAN III – Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Adult Non-communicable disease.	Students n = 5,528	≅ 14.69 (2.45) years old boys	Questionnaire	< 5h	Blood collection (TC, TG and LDL)	Abnormal serum lipids were defined as TC, LDL-C and or TG higher than the level corresponding to the age and gender-specific 95th percentile³⁹
			≅ 14.7 (2.38) years old girls		5 to 8h
			≅ 14.7 (2.38) years old girls		> 8h
Berentzen et al³², 2014/ Netherlands	Cross-sectional	General population n = 1,481	Mean age at completion of the questionnaire 11.4 (± 0.3) years	Questionnaire	7.5-9.5 h	Blood collection (TC and HDL cholesterol)	Continuous variable (mM)
		49% male	Mean age at the moment of medical examination 12.7 (± 0.4) years		10-10.5 h (ref. cat.)
		49% male			11-12.5 h
Rey-Lopez et al³⁰, 2014/ Greece, Germany, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Spain	Cross-sectional/ 2006-2007	Students n = 699	≅ 14.8 years old	Questionnaire	Continuous variable	Blood collection (TG, TC and HDL cholesterol)	Continuous variable (mg/dL)
	Cross-sectional/ 2006-2007	52% male	≅ 14.8 years old	Questionnaire	Continuous variable	Blood collection (TG, TC and HDL cholesterol)	Continuous variable (mg/dL)
Lee et al, 2014/ Republic of Korea³³	Cross-sectional/ 2007-2008	General population n = 1,187	≅ 15 years old	Questionnaire	≤ 5h	Blood collection (TG and HDL cholesterol)	Continuous variable (mg/dL)
		53% male			6-7h
					8-9h (ref. cat.)
					≥ 10h

Study	Kong et al²⁸, 2011/ Hong Kong	Narang et al²⁹, 2012/ Canada	Azadbakht et al³¹, 2013/ Iran	Berentzen et al³², 2014/ Netherlands	Rey-López et al³⁰, 2014/ Greece, Germany, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Spain	Lee et al³³, 2014/ Republic of Korea	Gangwisch et al²⁷, 2010/ United States
Sample representativeness	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Definition of presenting condition	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Evaluation of exposure	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evaluation of outcome	2	1	2	2	2	2	0
Nonresponse rate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Representativeness of the exposed cohort	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Demonstration that outcome of interest was not present at start of study	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comparability of cohorts	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Assessment of outcome	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Adequacy of follow up of cohorts	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	4/6	2/6	4/6	3/6	3/6	3/6	4/9

		Total	Male		Female
Total cholesterol
Gangwisch et al²⁷, 2010	OR (CI 95%)		OR (CI 95%)		OR (CI 95%)	Age/ gender/ race/ ethnic group/ alcohol/ smoke/ physical activity/ inactivity/ stress/ body weight
	OR (CI 95%)		Each hour: 0.91		Each hour: 0.85
	Each hour: 0.87 (0.79-0.96)		(0.79-1.05)		(0.75-0.96)
Kong et al²⁸, 2011	β^* * β regression coefficient of the multiple regression model to compare groups with the largest and smallest (reference) quintile of the lipid variables in relation to hours of sleep (group with 20% of individual with 20% of individual with longer sleep duration.); = -0.160		---		---	Age/ sex/ BMI/ waist perimeter/ Tanner stages (2-3 and 4-5)
Kong et al²⁸, 2011	(p-value = 0.023)		---		---	Age/ sex/ BMI/ waist perimeter/ Tanner stages (2-3 and 4-5)
Azadbakht et al³¹, 2013	---		OR (CI 95%)		OR (CI 95%)	Age/ socioeconomic status/ parents' level of education/ family history of chronic disease/ sedentary lifestyle/ BMI
			<5h = 1		< 5h = 1
			5–8h = 4.00 (0.54–29.94)		5–8h = 1.07 (0.31–3.73)
			> 8h = 5.63 (0.76–41.56)		>8h = 1.14 (0.33–3.85)
Berentzen et al³², 2014	---		β (CI 95%)		β (CI 95%)	Age at completion of the questionnaire/ age at medical examination/ height/ maternal level of education/ puberty and screen time
			7.5–9.5 h = -0.15		7.5–9.5 h = -0.01
			(-0.35; 0.04)		(-0.22; 0.21)
			10–10.5 h =1		10–10.5 h = 1
			11–12.5 h = -0.06		11–12.5 h = -0.06
			(-0.17; 0.05)		(-0.16; 0.05)
LDL cholesterol
Kong et al²⁸, 2011		β^* * β regression coefficient of the multiple regression model to compare groups with the largest and smallest (reference) quintile of the lipid variables in relation to hours of sleep (group with 20% of individual with 20% of individual with longer sleep duration.); = -0.122	---	---
Kong et al²⁸, 2011		(p-value = 0.042)	---	---
Azadbakht et al³¹, 2013		---	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
			< 5 h = 1	< 5 h = 1
			5–8 h = 1.04 (0.30-3.61)	5–8 h = 1.36 (0.26–5.05)
			>8 h = 0.97 (0.28–3.30)	>8 h = 0.76 (0.20–2.89)
HDL cholesterol
Kong et al²⁸, 201		β^* * β regression coefficient of the multiple regression model to compare groups with the largest and smallest (reference) quintile of the lipid variables in relation to hours of sleep (group with 20% of individual with 20% of individual with longer sleep duration.); = -0.056	---	---
Kong et al²⁸, 201		(p-value = 0.061)	---	---
Berentzen et al³¹, 2014		---	β (95% CI)	β(95% CI)
			7.5–9.5 h = 0.03	7.5–9.5 h = 0.07
			(-0.07; 0.12) 1	(-0.03; 0.17)
			10–10.5 h = 1	10–10.5 h = 1
			11–12.5 h = 0.02	11–12.5 h = <0.01
			(-0.04; 0.07)	(-0.05; 0.05)
Lee et al³³, 2014		OR (95%CI)		---
		≤ 5 h = 0.79 (0.40 - 1.53)
		6-7 h = 0.86 (0.50 - 1.49)	---
		8-9 h = 1
		≥ 10 h = 1.03 (0.44 - 2.40)
TG
Kong et al²⁸, 2011		β^* * β regression coefficient of the multiple regression model to compare groups with the largest and smallest (reference) quintile of the lipid variables in relation to hours of sleep (group with 20% of individual with 20% of individual with longer sleep duration.); = 0.060	---	---
Kong et al²⁸, 2011		(p = 0.115)	---	---
Azadbakht et al³¹, 2013		---	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
			< 5 h = 1	< 5 h = 1
			5–8 h = 1.09 (0.41–2.92)	5–8 h = 0.53 (0.22–1.30)
			> 8 h = 1.16 (0.44–3.09)	> 8 h = 0.53 (0.22–1.30)
Rey-López et al³⁰, 2014	β (95%CI)		---		---	Age/ gender/ socioeconomic status/ physical activity
	School days: 0.26
	(-2.57; 3.09)
	Weekends: 0.69
	(-1.50; 2.88)
Lee et al³³, 2014	OR (95%CI)		---		---	Age/ gender/ household income/ caloric intake/ physical activity
	≤ 5 h= 1.05 (0.55 - 2.00)
	6-7 h= 1.20 (0.79 - 1.83)
	8-9 h= 1
	≥ 10 h = 2.17 (1.14 - 4.13)
Non-HDL^† † non-HDL cholesterol corresponds to total cholesterol minus HDL cholesterol.
Narang et al²⁹, 2012	OR (95%CI)		---		---	Waist perimeter/nutrition/physical activity/sex/ family history of premature cardiovascular disease in first degree relatives/sleep disturbance score
	Each hour
	1.03 (0.93-1.13)
	First quartile (reference) x last quartile
	0.92 (0.70-1.22)
TC/HDL-c
Rey-López et al³⁰, 2014		β (95%CI)	---	---
		School days: -0.001 (-0.05; 0.05)
		Weekends: 0.009 (-0.03; 0.05)
Berentzen et al³¹, 2014		---	β(95% CI)	β(95% CI)
			7.5–9.5 h = -0.22 (-0.51; 0.08)	7.5–9.5 h = -0.18 (-0.44; 0.08)
			10–10.5 h = 1	10–10.5 h = 1
			11–12.5 h = -0.14 (-0.31; 0.02)	11–12.5 h = -0.04 (-0.17; 0.09)

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