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Article information Abstract Full Text Bibliography Download PDFFigures (2) Tables (1) Table 1. Description of covariates at baseline. Additional material (1) Special issue This article is part of special issue: Sleep Disorders: Innovations in Clinical and Health Psychology, protective factors, risk factors, interventions and relationship with other clinical variables

Nearly half of pregnant women in the United States report poor sleep quality, which has been associated with gestational diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy.A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis’ Bursky School of Public Health found that depression symptoms, prenatal distress and anxiety are the strongest predictors of…

Prevention interviewed Beth Malow, MD, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt Sleep Division, for a story about two randomized trials published in Annals of Internal Medicinethat found decreasing sleep by just 1.5 hours each night was linked with increases in body weight, waist circumference, and sedentary time in adults with elevated cardiometabolic risk. Yahoo Healthalso picked…