Season of Birth, Sex and Sleep Timing Preferences
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Season of Birth, Sex and Sleep Timing Preferences
OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the season of birth and sex are associated with preferences for bedtime among Chinese adults. METHODS A national population-based study on sleep preferences was conducted among Chinese in 2008. A questionnaire was used to collect information on the sleep time of Chinese adults. Analysis of covariance was used to examine the relationship between season of birth an...
متن کاملSeason of birth, gender, and social-cultural effects on sleep timing preferences in humans.
STUDY OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to analyze season of birth effects on preferred sleep-wake cycle timing as assessed by Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ). PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS The MEQ was administered to a sample of 5,720 university students (3,851 Italians and 1,869 Spaniards; 3,877 female and 1,843 male; mean age 22.23 +/- 2.98 years). RESULTS Females preferred t...
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BACKGROUND Seasons may influence prenatal growth and future fertility. This study investigated whether season and month of birth influenced the timing of menopause in a group of women attending three Italian menopause clinics. METHODS AND RESULTS Age at menopause of 2822 post-menopausal women (>12 months of amenorrhoea) was stratified by month and season of birth. Mean age at menopause was 49...
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A comparison with respect to the season of birth in 380 schizophrenic patients with 685 control subjects revealed an excess of winter births in the former by 6.1%.
متن کاملSeason of birth, daylight hours at birth, and high myopia.
PURPOSE Mandel et al recently reported that season of birth and daylight hours (photoperiod) at birth were associated with moderate and high levels of myopia in Israeli conscripts. We sought to investigate whether these associations were evident in subjects from the United Kingdom (UK). DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS The study population comprised 74,459 subjects a...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505603