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Sleep and BMI: Do (Fitbit) bands aid? [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
Sleep and BMI: Do (Fitbit) bands aid? [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
- Source :
- F1000Research. 7:511
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- London, UK: F1000 Research Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Recent studies have used mainstream consumer devices (Fitbit) to assess sleep objectively and test the well documented association between sleep and body mass index (BMI). In order to further investigate the applicability of Fitbit data for biomedical research across the globe, we analysed openly available Fitbit data from a largely Chinese population. We found that after adjusting for age, gender, race, and average number of steps taken per day, average hours of sleep per day was negatively associated with BMI (p=0.02), further demonstrating the significant potential for wearables in international scientific research.
Details
- ISSN :
- 20461402
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- F1000Research
- Journal :
- F1000Research
- Notes :
- Revised Amendments from Version 1 As suggested by the reviewers we have provided more details as to how we defined useable data and performed sensitivity analyses to show how many days of activity data is needed for these kinds of analyses., , [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsfor.10.12688.f1000research.14774.2
- Document Type :
- research-note
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14774.2