Childhood sleep health and epigenetic age acceleration in late adolescence: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.
David BalfourPhillip E MeltonJoanne A McVeighRae-Chi HuangPeter R EastwoodSian WanstallAmy C ReynoldsSarah Cohen-WoodsPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2023)
There was no evidence for a relationship between self- or parent-reported sleep health and epigenetic age acceleration in late adolescence after adjusting for depressive symptoms. Mental health should be considered as a potential confounding variable in future research on sleep and epigenetic age acceleration, particularly if subjective measures of sleep are used.