The relationship between height and sleep duration is poorly understood in adults. We analysed the data from 32 698 adults collected by the 2007-2016 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. A total of 44.4% and 9.1% participants reported short (≤6 h) and long (≥9 h) sleep duration, respectively. A shorter height was significantly associated with increased likelihood of both short and long sleep. A sex-stratified analysis revealed that the relationship between height and sleep duration was only significant in males. In conclusion, height was independently related to sleep duration in Korean men.
Keywords: Korea; adult height; cross-sectional; sleep duration.
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