Associations between sleep duration and insulin resistance in European children and adolescents considering the mediating role of abdominal obesity.
Barbara F ThumannNathalie MichelsRegina FelsőMonica HunsbergerJaakko A KaprioLuis A MorenoAlfonso SianiMichael TornaritisToomas VeidebaumStefaan De HenauwWolfgang AhrensClaudia Börnhorstnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Our results do not support the hypothesis of an association between short sleep duration and insulin resistance independent of abdominal obesity. However, longer sleep duration may exert short and long term beneficial effects on insulin resistance through its beneficial effects on abdominal obesity.