Reduced Slow Wave Sleep Is Associated with Increased Risk of Short Stature in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
Our findings emphasize the crucial role of adequate sleep quality in childhood growth and development, supporting the inclusion of sleep assessments and improvements in pediatric growth monitoring programs.
Authors
- Jian Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1058-8026)
- Michael V. Vitiello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9776-0473)
- Taomei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5534-333X)
- Zhoulong Yu
- Junying Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-3879)
- Xiangdong Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-3328)
- Larry D. Sanford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-8778)
- Lu Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6685-0468)
- J. Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1036-1331)
- Yanyan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-6484)
- Ye Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-7884)
- Yun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6276-9104)
- Fei Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-9413)
- Xujun Feng
- Rong Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5331-3887)
- Z. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-783X)
- Yuanfeng Sun
- Yuan Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7707-080X)
Institutions
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Eastern Virginia Medical School (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Shantou University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Shantou University Mental Health Center (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College (CN)
- Shantou University Medical College (CN)
- National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy
- Old Dominion University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature and Science of Sleep
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/nss.s475390
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China