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QUERALES, Marvin; BALOA, Nerva; VARELA, Indira  y  RUIZ, Nelina. Insuficiencia de sueño o descanso se asocia a elevado riesgo cardiometabólico en mujeres carabobeñas de estrato socioeconómico bajo. Rev. Venez. Endocrinol. Metab. [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.3, pp.142-151. ISSN 1690-3110.

Objective: to assess the frequency of perceived insufficient rest or sleep and their association with age and cardiometabolic risk factors in a group of low income women. Methods: we studied 85 low income women (21-65 years), apparently healthy, who attended an health center in Carabobo State, Venezuela, between March to June 2011. The frequency of insufficient rest or sleep was assessed using the question: "During the past 30 days, for about how many days have you felt you did not get enough rest or sleep?". Weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure and serum glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol were measured. Atherogenic indexes and body mass index (BMI) were calculated. Metabolic syndrome (MS) was established according to ATPIII criteria. Results: 24.6% women reported ≥ 14 days of insufficient rest o sleep in the last month. Perceived insufficient rest or sleep was significantly associated with age > 40 years, overweight, central obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, high total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio, high triglyceride/HDL cholesterol ratio and MS. The risk of MS in women who reported ≥ 14 days of insufficient sleep or rest was 5.68 times higher than in those that showed no such alteration (p= 0.015), independently of age, BMI and first-degree family history of cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: perceived insufficient rest or sleep was common and significantly associated to high cardiometabolic risk in the studied women. The results suggest that insufficient sleep screening should be integrated into the assessment of cardiometabolic health.

Palabras clave : sleep; cardiometabolic risk; cardiovascular disease; obesity; metabolic syndrome.

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