Sleeplessness is associated with preterm birth, while sleep duration is linked to gestational diabetes.
Sleep characteristics may be causal risk factors for perinatal complications and adverse outcomes.
Narcolepsy is associated with pregnancy hypertension and eclampsia.
The analysis utilized seven common sleep characteristics and twelve perinatal complications.
Results were consistent across multiple analytical methods, reinforcing the findings.
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BACKGROUND: Improving maternal and child health has been a global priority since the early 2000s, with a focus on reducing perinatal complications and improving overall maternal well-being. Sleep characteristics influence various health outcomes, yet their role in perinatal complications and adverse outcomes remains poorly understood.
METHODS: A analysis was conducted, using seven common sleep characteristics (sleeplessness, sleep duration, getting up in the morning, daytime napping, morning/evening person, narcolepsy, snoring) as exposure factors and twelve common perinatal complications and adverse outcomes (preterm birth, polyhydramnios, slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition, dystocia, umbilical cord-related complications, postpartum hemorrhage, fetal distress, gestational diabetes, pregnancy hypertension, eclampsia, abruptio placentae, placenta previa) as outcomes. A two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis was performed to infer causal effects.
RESULTS: The inverse variance weighted (IVW) analysis showed that sleeplessness was associated with preterm birth, sleep duration with gestational diabetes, and narcolepsy with pregnancy hypertension and eclampsia. These results were consistently supported by other methods, suggesting that sleep characteristics are causal risk factors for perinatal complications and adverse outcomes.
CONCLUSION: This study found that sleeplessness is associated with preterm birth, sleep duration with gestational diabetes, and narcolepsy with pregnancy hypertension and eclampsia. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the impact of sleep characteristics on common perinatal complications and adverse outcomes. Targeting sleep interventions, such as improving sleep duration and addressing sleep disorders like sleeplessness and narcolepsy, may reduce the incidence of preterm birth, gestational diabetes, and pregnancy hypertension, offering effective strategies to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.
Key numbers
1.996
Increased Risk of Preterm Birth
for preterm birth associated with sleeplessness
1.498
Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes
for gestational diabetes associated with sleep duration
3.335
Higher Risk of Pregnancy Hypertension
for pregnancy hypertension associated with narcolepsy
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