Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 1

Metabolic Women's Sleep: From the Cradle to the Hot Flash

Apollo Centre for Obesity, Diabetes & Endocrinology (ACODE), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, India

Abstract

Sleep of women differs in many respects from that of men. Women go through various phases in their life, each of these is associated with a unique hormonal milieu, which can affect the sleep significantly. Differences in the sleep of females and males have been documented across multiple studies. Various hormonal and physiological factors, as well as psychological and sociological factors, are thought to affect women's sleep.

Keywords

Sleep in women, Menopause and sleep, Sleep and metabolism