Experts say the quality of sleep affects cardiovascular health, but the important question is, “How many hours?”
According to the site (verywellhealth) Specialist in health affairs, the American Heart Association added sleep to the list of factors that affect the level of heart health, and determined the appropriate number of hours of sleep.
A study published in a journal affiliated with this association stated that sleep directly and indirectly affects the health of the heart, and the researchers recommended different age groups the appropriate number of hours of sleep for them to avoid severe consequences, and they were as follows.:
Children 0-1 years old: 16 hours.
Children between 1-2: 11-14 hours.
Children 3-5 years: 10-13 hours.
Children 6-12: 9-12 hours.
Persons between 13-18 years: 8-10 hours.
People over 19 years old: 7-9 hours.
The study reviewed the health records of more than 23,000 people aged 2-79, and compared the average number of hours of sleep for these people with the recommendations of the American Academy of Sleep Health..
The researchers note that there is an association between adequate sleep hours and heart health, which is also affected by other behaviors such as a healthy diet and physical activity.
The study co-author, Donald Lloyd-Jones, said that the appropriate rate was between 7-9 hours of sleep for adults.
He added that if a person exceeds these hours, it will not be useful to him.
How can a lack of sleep affect heart health?
Doctors say that lack of sleep can put a person at risk of severe heart problems such as a heart attack, and studies in recent years have begun to indicate that the two are linked..
In detail, when people’s heart rate rises during sleep or decreases, oxygen saturation occurs in their bodies in those hours, and health problems in the heart and blood vessels such as high blood pressure can occur, and all this is originally related to the number of hours of sleep..