在接受过多睡眠学研究的个体中,客观睡眠测量的差异
Min-Woong Sohn1, Nathan A Farr1, Hyeeun K Shin1
1College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
概括
客观睡眠数据揭示了睡眠架构的种族/种族差异,黑人患者比白人患者体验的N3睡眠少,REM睡眠更多. 需要进一步的研究来探索潜在的原因.
科学领域:
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 健康差距 研究 研究 研究 研究
- 客观的睡眠测量方法
背景情况:
- 之前的研究表明,与白人患者相比,黑人患者的自我报告睡眠时间较短.
- 关于客观测量的睡眠差异的证据目前是混合的.
- 本研究旨在调查客观测量的睡眠参数中的种族/民族差异.
研究的目的:
- 评估不同种族和种族群体之间客观测量的睡眠参数的差异.
- 为了比较睡眠架构,包括特定的睡眠阶段,跨种族/民族群体.
- 在不同患者群体中识别睡眠质量和睡眠障碍的潜在差异.
主要方法:
- 利用文本挖掘从2010-2021年成人患者 (年龄18岁以上) 的多睡眠记录 (PSG) 报告中提取数据.
- 排除了总睡眠时间 (TST) 不到1小时的研究.
- 进行多变量分析,控制人口,临床和药物相关因素.
主要成果:
- 该研究包括5331名患者:69%的NH白,23%的NH黑,4%的西班牙裔/拉丁裔,3%的其他/未知.
- 调整后的分析显示,与NH白患者相比,黑人患者的N3睡眠时间减少了10分钟,REM睡眠时间增加了7分钟.
- 在种族/族群之间,总睡眠时间 (TST),呼吸暂停-呼吸暂停指数 (AHI) 或睡眠效率方面没有发现显著差异.
结论:
- 客观的睡眠数据没有显示出对种族和民族少数群体持续不利的睡眠措施.
- 在特定睡眠阶段 (N3和REM) 中观察到的差异需要进一步调查.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定生理学与社会/环境因素对这些睡眠差异的贡献.
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