0184 Too Jittery to Sleep? Temporal Associations of Actigraphic Sleep and Caffeine in Adolescents

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Abstract Introduction The majority of adolescents report consuming a caffeinated beverage on a typical day, which has been linked to poor sleep health in cross-sectional studies. However, it is unknown whether poor sleep predicts caffeine consumption, and/or whether caffeine consumption predicts poor sleep, particularly when sleep is measured objectively. The current study examined within- and between-person associations of actigraphic sleep dimensions with caffeinated beverage consumption in adolescents. Methods Data were collected from a micro-longitudinal substudy of the age 15 wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n=589). Adolescents wore a wrist-actigraphy device and completed daily surveys for approximately one week (mean=5.6 days). Daily surveys assessed sleep quality and caffeinated beverage consumption (0=no caffeine, 1=any caffeine). Separate mixed models assessed whether actigraphy-measured sleep duration, timing, maintenance efficiency, and subjective quality predicted next-day caffeinated beverage consumption within and between adolescents. Variability of sleep duration and timing (SD), sleep regularity index, and social jetlag were tested as additional between-person predictors. Lagged models tested whether daily caffeinated beverage consumption predicted sleep that night (n=458; mean=5.2 days). Results Between-person results showed that adolescents who had more variable actigraphic sleep duration (OR=1.21, p=.042) and sleep midpoint (OR=1.27, p=.045) had greater odds of consuming caffeinated beverages compared to others. Within-person results showed that on days when adolescents consumed ≥1 caffeinated beverage, they had later sleep onset by (b±SEM) 17±6 mins (p=.003) that night and later wake time by 19±7 mins (p= .011) the next morning, compared to days when they did not consume caffeine. Sleep duration, timing, maintenance efficiency, and subjective quality did not predict next-day caffeinated beverage consumption (all p>.10). Conclusion Greater variability in sleep duration and timing and later sleep timing are risk factors for poor emotional and cardiometabolic health. Curbing caffeinated beverage consumption may aid in the maintenance of regular sleep schedules and advance sleep timing in adolescents, potentially improving physical and psychological health. Support (If Any) R01HD073352