Gulliford M C, Price C E, Rona R J, Chinn S
Department of Community Medicine, United Medical School, Guys Hospital, London.
Arch Dis Child. 1990 Jan;65(1):119-22. doi: 10.1136/adc.65.1.119.
Shorter durations of slow wave sleep and lower growth hormone responses have been reported in children with short stature caused by psychosocial deprivation. We investigated whether lower total sleep duration was associated with shorter stature in a sample of children taking part in the National Study of Health and Growth. Parental responses to a self administered questionnaire were used to estimate usual times for going to sleep at night and usual times for waking in the morning for 5145 children aged 5 to 11 years of age. After adjusting for the effects of other variables known to be associated with height, it was shown that there was a weak negative association between sleep duration and height. It is concluded that variation in sleep duration between children is unlikely to have an important influence on growth.
据报道,因心理社会剥夺导致身材矮小的儿童,其慢波睡眠持续时间较短,生长激素反应较低。我们在参与全国健康与生长研究的儿童样本中,调查了总睡眠时间较短是否与身材较矮有关。通过父母对一份自填问卷的回答,估算了5145名5至11岁儿童晚上通常的入睡时间和早上通常的起床时间。在对其他已知与身高相关的变量的影响进行调整后,结果显示睡眠时间与身高之间存在微弱的负相关。得出的结论是,儿童之间睡眠时间的差异不太可能对生长产生重要影响。