Hormonal
Poor self-reported sleep quality is significantly associated with the presence of metabolic syndrome and its core components (adiposity and insulin resistance) in middle-aged adults.
If you are struggling with metabolic health markers like weight or blood sugar, assess your sleep quality. Poor sleep is linked to higher risk of metabolic syndrome. Use a simple sleep diary or questionnaire to track your sleep. If your sleep quality is poor, prioritize improving it as part of your metabolic health strategy, alongside diet and exercise.
Self-reported global sleep quality is significantly related to the metabolic syndrome and several of its core components.
Why this rating
Observational, cross-sectional design with a relatively small, homogeneous (Caucasian, middle-aged) sample; adjusted for confounders but direction of influence cannot be determined.
Source
Self-reported Sleep Quality is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome
J. Richard Jennings et al. · SLEEP · 2007
DOI 10.1093/sleep/30.2.219
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