| Title: | Associations Among Sleep Duration, Sleep Quality, and Age-Related Ocular Diseases: Insights From Longitudinal and Mediation Analyses |
| Journal: | Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science |
| Published: | 6 Aug 2025 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40767441/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.11.15 |
| URL: | https://iovs.arvojournals.org/arvo/content_public/journal/iovs/938726/i1552-5783-66-11-15_1754402391.34218.pdf |
Publication 16247
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the associations among sleep duration, sleep quality, and age-related ocular diseases, accounting for interactions with systemic inflammation.</p>
Methods: A total of 380,182 participants in the UK Biobank were included in this prospective population-based cohort study. The investigated exposures were sleep duration, sleep quality (quantified through an established algorithm comprised of five sleep traits), and traits including insomnia, daytime dozing, chronotype, and snoring. Outcomes were incidences of cataract, primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs), with mediation analysis of systematic inflammatory indicators further performed to explore potential mechanisms.</p>
Results: During a median follow-up of 12.6 years, 42,971 cataract cases, 5793 POAG cases, 4267 DR cases, and 7775 AMD cases were documented. Sleep duration displayed U-shaped relationships with cataract, POAG, and DR (all P nonlinear < 0.001), identifying 7 hours per day as optimal. Poor sleep quality also elevated the risks of cataract (HR = 1.17; P < 0.001) and POAG (HR = 1.21; P = 0.019), whereas for DR this effect was not significant but suggestive (HR = 1.15; P = 0.082). Sleep behavior traits including insomnia and daytime dozing were found to predict higher risks of these diseases. Mediation analysis indicated significant contributions of inflammatory indicators to the associations of poor sleep quality with cataract and DR.</p>
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that sleep patterns might be modifiable risk factors for age-related ocular diseases and highlight the potential value of anti-inflammatory therapies to delay the manifestations of ocular aging.</p>
20 Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cataract
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle
- Humans
- Incidence
- Macular Degeneration
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Sleep
- Sleep Duration
- Sleep Quality
- Time Factors
- United Kingdom
7 Authors
- Zhiqian Huang
- Chao Chen
- Jiaqi Meng
- Shuyu Liu
- Keke Zhang
- Yu Du
- Xiangjia Zhu
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 93118 | Associations of lifestyle risk factors, ocular diseases, and mental disorders. |
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