Research
Sleep duration in elderly obese patients correlated negatively with intake fatty
1 Departamento de Fisiologia, Disciplina de Fisiologia da Nutrição, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-EPM, São Paulo, Brazil
2 Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
3 Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil
4 Departamento de Biociências, Campus Baixada Santista, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
5 Laboratório de Fisiologia e Bioquímica do Exercício, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil
6 Human Moviment Laboratory, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paul, Brazil
7 Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), Medical School of University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Lipids in Health and Disease 2012, 11:99 doi:10.1186/1476-511X-11-99
Published: 7 August 2012Abstract
Study objectives
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between sleep duration and dietary habits in elderly obese patients treated at an institute of cardiology.
Methods
The fifty-eight volunteers were elderly patients with obesity (classified as obese according to BMI) of both genders, between 60 and 80 years of age. All participants were subjected to assessments of food intake, anthropometry, level of physical activity, and duration of sleep.
Results
The men had significantly greater weight, height, and waist circumference than women. Sleep durations were correlated with dietary nutrient compositions only in men. We found a negative association between short sleep and protein intake (r = -0.43; p = 0.02), short sleep and monounsaturated fatty acids intake (r = -0.40; p = 0.03), and short sleep and cholesterol dietary intake (r = -0.50; p = 0.01).
Conclusions
We conclude that mainly in men, volunteers that had short sleep duration showed a preference for high energy-density as fatty food, at least in part, may explain the relationship between short sleep duration and the development of metabolic abnormalities.
