Data/hora: 10/06/2024 02:10:24

Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Chronotype ontogeny related to gender
Autores: | Duarte,L.L.; Menna-Barreto,L.; Miguel,M.A.L.; Louzada,F.; Araújo,J.; Alam,M.; Areas,R.; Pedrazzoli,M.
Data: | 2014-04-01
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Chronotype; Gender; Ontogeny; Circadian rhythms; Sleep timing.
Resumo: | Chronotype is an established concept designed to identify distinct phase relationships between the expression of circadian rhythms and external synchronizers in humans. Although it has been widely accepted that chronotype is subjected to ontogenetic modulation, there is no consensus on the interaction between age and gender. This study aimed to determine the relationship between age- and gender-related changes in the morningness-eveningness character in a large sample of people. A total of 14,650 volunteers were asked to complete the Brazilian version of the Horne and Östberg chronotype questionnaire. The data demonstrated that, on average, women were more morning-oriented than men until the age of 30 and there were no significant differences between men and women from 30 to 45 years of age. In contrast to the situation observed until the age of 30, women older than 45 years were more evening-oriented than men. These results suggest that the ontogenetic development of the circadian timekeeping system is more plastic in men, as represented by the larger amplitude of chronotype changes throughout their aging process. The phase delay of adolescence and phase advance of the elderly seem to be phenomena that are more markedly present in men than in women. Thus, our data, for the first time, provide support that sharply opposes the view that there is a single path toward morningness as a function of age, regardless of gender.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014000400316
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/1414-431X20143001
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.47 n.4 2014
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess