Sex Differences in Sleep Disturbances In Middle Childhood: Findings From an Urban Pediatric Cohort Study
Male children were at higher risk for several objectively measured but not for caregiver-reported sleep outcomes; findings were unexplained by common health problems. Risk appeared further elevated in males who were older than 10 years and were of minority ethno-racial background or from homes with low maternal education.
Authors
- Shuangyu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-872X)
- Seyni Gueye-Ndiaye
- Jarvis T. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7412-1783)
- Yi-Xiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4021-4228)
- Xiaoyu Li
- Judith Owens
- Susan Redline
- Wanda Phipatanakul
- Diane R Gold
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Circadian (United States) (US)
- Boston Children's Museum (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SLEEP
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag051
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00