Metabolic syndrome linked to sleep and daily activity patterns in people with bipolar disorder during remission

Lower sleep efficiency is associated with higher triglyceride levels in patients with bipolar disorder.

• Correlations exist between lower sleep efficiency and higher triglyceride levels (P = 0.002).
• Lower M10 onset is linked to higher systolic blood pressure (P = 0.03).
• Higher fragmentation index correlates with higher systolic blood pressure (P = 0.009).
• Lower sleep efficiency and higher fragmentation index are associated with higher atherogenic index of plasma (P = 0.02 and P = 0.04, respectively).
• Most correlations remained significant after adjusting for potential confounding factors.

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