Sex and racial/ethnic differences in sleep quality and its relationship with body weight status among US college students.
Objective: To examine sex and racial/ethnic differences in sleep quality and the association between sleep quality and body weight status among US college students. Participants: A nationally representative sample (N = 324,767) of college students from 2011 to 2015. Methods: A secondary data analysis of cross-sectional data. Results: Women showed poorer sleep quality (nights per week getting enough sleep to feel rested) than men (4.00 versus 4.34 days; p < .001). In both men and women, compared with non-Hispanic whites, racial/ethnic minorities showed lower sleep quality (p < .001). Compared with normal weight participants, overweight participants had poorer sleep quality (p = .007) among men, and both overweight (p = .004) and obese participants (p < .001) had lower sleep quality among women. Conclusions: Understanding sex and racial/ethnic sleep differences and the association between sleep and body weight status is important for colleges to promote college students' healthy sleep.
['Sa|Jaesin|J|', 'Samuel|Tonya|T|', 'Chaput|Jean-Philippe|JP|', 'Chung|Joon|J|', 'Grigsby-Toussaint|Diana S|DS|', 'Lee|Jounghee|J|']
D000293:Adolescent D001835:Body Weight D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D005006:Ethnicity D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008913:Minority Groups D009765:Obesity D050177:Overweight D012746:Sexual Abstinence D012890:Sleep D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders D013334:Students D014481:United States D014495:Universities D055815:Young Adult
sex differences sleep college students Body mass index race/ethnicity