The association between sleep pattern and nutrients intake pattern in healthy overweight and obese adults

Abstract

Few studies have investigated the association between sleep pattern and nutrient intake pattern. This study was conducted to examine the associations between patterns of nutrient intake and sleep pattern. 108 overweight and obese individuals were recruited to participate in the present cross-sectional study. Participant underwent sleep evaluation through ActiGraph. A 3-day food dietary record was obtained to estimate food intake for each participant. The average of total sleep duration was 7.07 h, average of wake after sleep onset was 0.43 h, average of sleep latency was 0.14 h, and finally, average of sleep efficacy was 93.66%. Moreover, based on principal component analysis, six nutrient intake patterns were identified: the first and second patterns accounting for 53.88% of the total variance and the third and fourth patterns made up 13.6% of the total variance. Totally, the six patterns constitute 74.8% of the total variance. Our results showed that the second nutrient pattern had a negative correlation with total sleep time (P = 0.03); it was positively correlated with sleep latency (P = 0.004). The sixth nutrient pattern was negatively associated with total sleep time (P = 0.007). It was observed that higher intake of the fourth pattern had a negative correlation with total sleep time (P = 0.03). Higher intake of the fifth pattern was positively associated with sleep latency (P = 0.05). In summary, we found that nutrient patterns are correlated with sleep pattern.