“Lack of sleep, excessive sleep, napping, cardiovascular disease risk ↑”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seong-gan Han = Sleep deprivation, excessive sleep, and napping are associated with cardiovascular disease risk, a study has found.
A research team led by Professor Suweiri of Neurobiology at the Center for Aging Research at Karolinska Medical University in Sweden over a period of up to 18 years with 12,268 adults (average age of 70 years) found this fact. HealthDay News) reported on the 27th.
The research team collected data on their sleep time, naps, daytime sleepiness, and sleep disorders (insomnia, snoring, etc.) through a survey.
In addition, it was followed up for up to 18 years for cardiovascular health problems such as heart disease and stroke.
They found that those who slept 7 to 9 hours each night were least likely to develop cardiovascular health problems.
In comparison, those who slept less than 7 hours a night had a 14% higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and those who slept more than 10 hours each night had a 10% higher risk.
Those who nap for up to 30 minutes each day had an 11% higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those who never nap at all, and those who nap more than 30 minutes had a 23% higher risk.
Overall, people with poor sleep patterns or sleep problems such as insomnia, severe snoring, lack of sleep, excessive sleep, and frequent naps had a 22% higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
Among them, those who slept less than 7 hours a night and nap more than 30 minutes each day had the highest risk of cardiovascular disease.
They had a 47% higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those who got adequate sleep and never naps.
The findings are another piece of evidence that sleep is very important for health, the researchers noted.
The American Heart Association (AHA) established in 2010 ‘Life’s Essential 7’ diet, exercise and smoking cessation. Weight, blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood sugar have recently been updated with ‘sleep’ added to the eight guidelines.
In the added sleep guidelines, adults were asked to sleep 7 to 9 hours a day.
In response, Marie-Pierre St. Onge of Columbia University’s Sleep Center in the United States commented that instead of trying to make up for the lack of sleep with naps, you should change your sleeping habits so that you get an adequate amount of sleep during the night.
The findings were published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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