Background and objectives: Diet may contribute to sleep and all-cause mortality among elderly men and women. Methods: Te representative Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan for elders during 1999–2000 was used. Some 942 men and 923 women aged. Te representative Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan for elders during 1999–2000 was used. Some 942 men andtary recalls. Participants were examined and fasting blood taken. Sleep quality was classified as poor, fair or good. Death Registry linkage until December 31, 2008 provided all-cause mortality. Results: For women, but not men, poor sleepers had significantly lower vegetable and vitamin B-6 intakes, compared to good sleepers (P<0.05). For men, but not women, good and fair sleepers had a lower risk of death compared to poor sleepers aſter relevant adjustments with corresponding hazards ratios (HR) (95% confidence intervals (CI)) of 0.60 (0.42–0.87) and 0.55 (0.36–0.86). Te joint HRs for “DDS>4 and good sleep” were 0.38 (0.22–0.66) for men and 0.52 (0.30–0.88) for women compared with “DDS results: For women, but not men, poor sleepers had significantly lower vegetable and vitamin B-6 in-takes, compared to good sleepers ( compared with “insufficient and poor sleep” for men and women, respectively; for women, PLP adequacy provided significantly reduced HRs for good and poor sleep. Conclusions: Sleep quality played a more important role in mortality for men than for women. Sufficient dietary diversity in men could offset the adverse effect on mortality of poor sleep. In women, PLP predicts mortality more than does sleep.
Date:
2013-09
Relation:
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2013 Sep;63(Suppl. 1):571.
