AUTHOR=Wang Yilin , Li Mei , Chen Xiaoyan 

TITLE=Short sleeping duration is associated with a higher risk of asymmetric handgrip strength among older Chinese males: a cross-sectional study evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1246008

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1246008

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Objective</title><p>This study aimed to explore the potential correlation between sleeping duration and the risk of handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry in older Chinese adults.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>The data of participants (65+ years of age) were obtained from the first Wave 1 (2011) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Information on sleeping duration during the previous month was collected from self-reports and was divided into three groups: long (&gt;8 h), normal (6–8 h), and short (&lt; 6 h). HGS was computed as the average of two tests per hand and asymmetric HGS was diagnosed when the ratio of average non-dominant to average dominant HGS was greater than 1.1 or less than 0.9. Logistic regression analyses were employed to gauge the relationship between sleeping duration and asymmetric HGS risk.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>In total, 3,174 participants were enrolled in this analysis, of whom 51.54% (1,636/3,174) were male. The proportions of asymmetric HGS were 42.18% in males and 41.87% in females. The sleeping duration (hours) in the asymmetric and non-asymmetric HGS groups were 6 h (5,8) and 7 h (5,8) in males with a significant difference between them (<italic>p</italic> = 0.015), and 6 h (5,8) and 6 h (5,8) in females with no significant difference (<italic>p</italic> = 0.415). Compared with non-asymmetric HGS individuals, the proportions of normal, short, and long sleeping duration were 40.4, 47.3, and 37.7% in males with a significant difference (<italic>p</italic> = 0.023), and 42.4, 40.3, and 43.8% in females with no significant differences (<italic>p</italic> = 0.685). An adjusted logistic regression analysis model confirmed that short sleeping duration was significantly associated with asymmetric HGS risk among older males (<italic>p</italic> = 0.048, OR = 1.252, 95%CI:1.002–1.565).</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>The results demonstrated that short sleeping duration (&lt;6 h) was a risk factor for increased HGS asymmetry among older Chinese males.</p></sec>