Associations between sleep changes and multimorbidity patterns in middle-aged and older Chinese adults
Among Chinese middle-aged and older adults, prior decreases in sleep duration (≥1.0 h) and unfavorable sleep trajectories (short-short and healthy-short) were statistically associated with higher odds of overall multimorbidity and specific patterns, particularly those involving metabolic, arthritis-digestive, respiratory, and multi-system conditions.
Authors
- Dexu Chen
- Litao Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7296-7411)
- Yanfang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-0067)
- Shuting Yin
- Jianfan Zhou
Institutions
- Shandong University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1609345
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00