Risky Sleep Habits : Research on sleep habits and cardiovascular outcomes.

Risky Sleep Habits

Research on sleep habits and cardiovascular outcomes.

September 6, 2011 by Robert Goldman MD, PhD in Anti-Aging, Latest, Lifestyle

Research has historically linked prolonged sleep deprivation and disrupted sleep patterns to increased risk for developing or dying from stroke, heart attack and cardiovascular disorders. Completing a large-scale study involving 474,684 subjects from eight countries—including Japan, the United States, Sweden and the U.K.—who were followed for up to 25 years, a team from the University of Warwick in the U.K. found that sleeping fewer than six hours per night and having disturbed sleep puts a person at a 48 percent greater chance of developing or dying from heart disease and a 15 percent greater chance of developing or dying of a stroke. The team warns that both short and long durations of sleep “are predictors, or markers, of cardiovascular outcomes.”

Cappuccio, F.P., et al. (2011). Sleep duration predicts cardiovascular outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur Heart J. In press.
—Dr. Bob Goldman

http://www.ironmanmagazine.com/site/risky-sleep-habits/

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