| Title: | Correlations in sleeping patterns and circadian preference between spouses |
| Journal: | Communications Biology |
| Published: | 13 Nov 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37957254/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05521-7 |
| URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05521-7.pdf |
Publication 8344
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Abstract
Spouses may affect each other's sleeping behaviour. In 47,420 spouse-pairs from the UK Biobank, we found a weak positive phenotypic correlation between spouses for self-reported sleep duration (r = 0.11; 95% CI = 0.10, 0.12) and a weak inverse correlation for chronotype (diurnal preference) (r = −0.11; −0.12, −0.10), which replicated in up to 127,035 23andMe spouse-pairs. Using accelerometer data on 3454 UK Biobank spouse-pairs, the correlation for derived sleep duration was similar to self-report (r = 0.12; 0.09, 0.15). Timing of diurnal activity was positively correlated (r = 0.24; 0.21, 0.27) in contrast to the inverse correlation for chronotype. In Mendelian randomization analysis, positive effects of sleep duration (mean difference=0.13; 0.04, 0.23 SD per SD) and diurnal activity (0.49; 0.03, 0.94) were observed, as were inverse effects of chronotype (−0.15; −0.26, −0.04) and snoring (−0.15; −0.27, −0.04). Findings support the notion that an individual's sleep may impact that of their partner, promoting opportunities for sleep interventions at the family-level.</p>
11 Authors
- Rebecca C. Richmond
- Laurence J. Howe
- Karl Heilbron
- Samuel Jones
- Junxi Liu
- Xin Wang
- Michael N. Weedon
- Martin K. Rutter
- Deborah A. Lawlor
- George Davey Smith
- Céline Vetter
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