Age-related changes in slow wave sleep and REM sleep and relationship with growth hormone and cortisol levels in healthy men
Age-related changes in slow wave sleep and REM sleep and relationship with growth hormone and cortisol levels in healthy men
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.284.7.861
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发表时间:
2000-08-16
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
Plat, L
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作者:
Van Cauter, E;Leproult, R;Plat, L
Context In young adults, sleep affects the regulation of growth hormone (GH) and cortisol. The relationship between decreased sleep quality in older adults and age-related changes in the regulation of GH and cortisol is unknown.Objective To determine the chronology of age-related changes in sleep duration and quality (sleep stages) in healthy men and whether concomitant alterations occur in GH and cortisol levels.Design and Setting Data combined from a series of studies conducted between 1985 and 1999 at 4 laboratories.Subjects A total of 149 healthy men. aged 16 to 83 years, with a mean (SD) body mass index of 24.1 (2.3) kg/m(2), without sleep complaints or histories of endocrine, psychiatric, or sleep disorders.Main Outcome Measures Twenty-four-hour profiles of plasma GH and cortisol levels and polygraphic sleep recordings.Results The mean (SEM) percentage of deep slow wave sleep decreased from 18.9% (1.3%) during early adulthood (age 16-25 years) to 3.4% (1.0%) during midlife (age 36-50 years) and was replaced by lighter sleep (stages 1 and 2) without significant increases in sleep fragmentation or decreases in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The transition from midlife to late life (age 71-83 years) involved no further significant decrease in slow wave sleep but an increase in time awake of 28 minutes per decade at the expense of decreases in both light non-REM sleep (-24 minutes per decade; P